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October 1 – The Ideal Toy Company debuts the Evel Knievel stunt-cycle, which would go on to become one of the best-selling toys of Christmas 1973. October 6 – American Country Countdown, a country music-oriented spin off of the nationally syndicated radio program American Top 40, debuts with host Don Bowman.
Clockwise from top-left: the Thai popular uprising results in the end of the ruling military dictatorship of anti-communist Thanom Kittikachorn, the U.S. launches its first space station; an armed conflict between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria takes place; a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seize power in a U.S.-backed coup; students in ...
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 1973 – The Senate Watergate hearings begin, highlighted by Fred Thompson's discovery of Nixon's secret tapes. 1973 – Skylab is launched as the USA's first space station. October 10, 1973 – Vice President Agnew resigns in disgrace as part of a plea bargain.
November 16, 1973: Final U.S. mission to Skylab space station launched with U.S. astronauts William Pogue (top), Gerald Carr (bottom) and Ed Gibson (not pictured) November 4, 1973: Netherlands becomes the first nation to inaugurate "driverless Sundays" to conserve fuel. The following events occurred in the year November 1973:
On the chilled morning of Nov. 11, 1973, Stringbean Akeman, 57, and his wife, Estelle, 59, were found murdered on their Goodlettsville property, out in the country.
1973 in the United States by state or territory (55 C) * 1973 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1973 disestablishments in the United States (43 C, 10 P)
The man who made offers others couldn't refuse once refused the movie industry's heftiest honor. On March 5, 1973, Marlon Brando declined the best actor Academy Award for his gut-wrenching ...
The British Broadcasting Company introduced "Radio Scotland" on its BBC Radio 4 station, initially as an hourly news segment and "a two-hour current affairs programme" every morning. [78] The success of the program would lead to the founding of BBC Radio Scotland as a full-time network on November 23, 1978.