Soviet Mars 5 Space Probe Launched July 25, 1973

World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. Date: September 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Delta Air Lines Flight 723 Crash at Logan Airport, July…

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. Date: April 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Watergate Scandal: Nixon Fires John Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman Resign, April 30, 1973King…

Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors. Date: December 16, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side…

In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, before being shot to death by police officers. Date: January 7, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1973…

Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard. Date: May 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1973Watergate Scandal: Nixon Fires John Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman…

The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.) Date: December 6, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This…