1973

Cease fire agreement signed in Vietnam
Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
Yom Kippur War - Israel v Egypt and Syria
Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community
Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown
Egypt, Syria and Israel engage in "Yom Kippur War"
OPEC oil embargo
1st US POWs return home
Skylab becomes the 1st US space station
Native Americans occupy buildings at Wounded Knee, SD to protest government treatment
"Roe v. Wade" decision legalizes abortion
U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns
The Watergate Hearings begin
Tennis match between Bobbie Riggs (who loses in 3 straight sets) and Billie Jean King - billed as "the battle of the sexes"
Willie Mays retires from baseball
Erica Jong's book Fear of Flying
Gore Vidal's book Burr
Kurt Vonnegut's book Breakfast of Champions
Duke Ellington's autobiography, Music is My Mistress
1st use of CAT-Scans
Gene splicing
Songs - "Killing Me Softly With His Love", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree"
Films - "Sleeper", "Last Tango in Paris", "The Sting", "The Exorcist", "American Graffiti", "Paper Moon"
Gwyneth Paltrow, Monica Seles and Eric Lindros born
Lyndon B. Johnson, David Ben Gurion, Noel Coward, Edward G. Robinson, Pearl S. Buck, Lon Chaney, Jr., Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, John Ford, J.R.R. Tolkein, Gene Krupa, Betty Grable, Pablo Picasso and Pablo Casals die