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Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 1984) June 12 Dave Berg, cartoonist (died 2002) Jim Siedow, actor (died 2003) William Woodward, Jr., banker and racehorse owner (mariticide 1955) June 22 Paul Frees, voice actor (died 1986) Jack Karwales, American football player (died 2004) Walt Masterson, baseball pitcher (died 2008)
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.
New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America (2003). Morris, Charles R. A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression: 1929–1939 (PublicAffairs, 2017), 389 pp. online review Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine; Morris, Richard B. Encyclopedia of American History (1953 and later editions) online ...
Events from the year 1973 in the United States. The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson , the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v.
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...