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Coordinates. 38°50′39″N 77°07′15″W / . 38.84415°N 77.12074°W. / 38.84415; -77.12074. Cause. Building collapse due to premature removal of shoring. Outcome. 14 construction workers killed, 35 injured. On March 2, 1973, the 26-story Skyline Plaza condominium building, under construction in Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax County ...
March 2, 1973 (Friday) Fourteen construction workers were killed and 34 injured when the center section of the 26-story Skyline Plaza collapsed in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia (outside Washington D.C.), sending concrete and steel down on workers below.
1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.
Pioneer 11 →. Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. [ 6] Pioneer 10 became the first of five planetary probes and 11 artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System.
March 1 – Charlotte's Web, the animated film based on the children's book of the same name, is released. March 12 – Last episode of original Laugh-In airs on NBC. The show will continue with re-runs until May 14, 1973. March 17 – Many of the few remaining United States soldiers begin to leave Vietnam.
1973 in the Vietnam War. 1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South ...
In March, a U.S. Marshal was shot by gunfire coming from the town, which ultimately resulted in paralysis. [2] Frank Clearwater (of Cherokee and Apache nations) was shot and wounded on April 17, dying 8 days later on April 25, 1973, and Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont was shot and killed on April 26, 1973.
March. 1 March. Dick Taverne, having resigned from the Parliament of the United Kingdom on leaving the Labour Party, is re-elected as a 'Democratic Labour' candidate. Pink Floyd 's The Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark and bestselling albums, is released in the UK. Sleeve design is by Hipgnosis.