1973 in the United States

1973
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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Events from the year 1973 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, began his second term on January 20
  • January 1 CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner ($3.2 million more than CBS bought the Yankees for).
  • January 7 Mark Essex kills four civilians and three police officers during a siege at the Downtown Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in New Orleans. Ten hours after the siege began, Essex is killed by a volley of gunfire from police officers stationed inside a Marine helicopter.
  • January 14
    • Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii is the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than the Apollo moon landings. However, it was not shown in Eastern Bloc countries because of communist censorship, with the sole exception of East Germany, where it was shown on Der schwarze Kanal. In the United States and Brazil, it did not air until April of that year.
    • Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14–7 to complete the NFL's first (and only, thus far) perfect season.
  • January 15 Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
  • January 20 President Nixon is sworn in for his second term.
  • January 22
  • January 23 President Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
  • January 27 U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.

February

  • February 11 Vietnam War: The first American prisoners of war are released from Vietnam.
  • February 12 Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs (see Metric system in the United States).
  • February 13 The United States Dollar is devalued by 10%.
  • February 21 The 5.8 Mw Point Mugu earthquake affected the south coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Several people were injured and damage totaled $1 million.
  • February 22 Sino-American relations: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to mainland China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.
  • February 27 The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.[2]

March

April

May

May 3: Sears Tower is completed
May 14: Skylab is launched

June

July

  • July 1 The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is founded.
  • July 2 The United States Congress passes the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating Special Education federally.
  • July 5 The catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
  • July 12 1973 National Archives Fire: A major fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • July 15 Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitches his second no-hitter of the season vs. the Detroit Tigers. He previous no-hit the Kansas City Royals exactly two months prior.
  • July 16 Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
  • July 28 Skylab 3 (Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Alan Bean) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard Skylab.
  • July 31 A Delta Air Lines Flight 173 DC9-31 aircraft lands short of Boston's Logan Airport runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3,000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed, one of the passengers dying several months after the accident.

August

  • August 11 DJ Kool Herc originates the hip hop music genre in New York City.[3]
  • August 15 The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.

September

October

October 10: Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President of the U.S.

November

"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."

President Richard Nixon, November 17, 1973

December

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. James Stuart Olson, ed. (1999). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6.
  2. Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  3. "Birthplace of Hip Hop". History Detectives. PBS. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 26, 2014
  5. https://www.soundtrack.net/person/kurt-kuenne/
  6. "Denise PARKER - Olympic Archery | United States of America". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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