Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon Tops Billboard Chart, April 28, 1973

Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight. Date: August 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973National Personnel Records Center Sixth Floor Fire…

JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew. Date: September 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pentagon Papers Charges…

A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. Date: June 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…

Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. Date: January 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Supreme Court Legalizes Abortion Nationwide in Roe…

Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. Date: December 18, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Papua New Guinea Gains…