1973 in the United States

1973
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Events from the year 1973 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

January 20: Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, begins his second term

February

March

April

May

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

June

July

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

December 6: Gerald Ford becomes the 40th U.S. Vice President

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

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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