Editing 1973 (section)

==Events==
===January===
{{main|January 1973}}
* [[January 1]] – The [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/uk-enters-europe-eu-1-january-1973 |title=We're in: the UK enters Europe – archive, 1 January 1973 |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Denmark]] [[1973 enlargement of the European Communities|enter]] the [[European Economic Community]], which later becomes the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu/1970-79_en |title=History of the European Union 1970–79 |website=european-union.europa.eu |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War |title=Vietnam War - The United States negotiates a withdrawal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President for Life]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[January 22]]
** ''[[Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman|The Sunshine Showdown]]'': [[George Foreman]] defeats [[Joe Frazier]] to win the heavyweight world [[boxing]] championship in [[Kingston, Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ringtv.com/article/3-minutes-frazier-foreman/ |title=Three Minutes: Frazier vs. Foreman 1, Round 2 (January 22, 1973) |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |work=[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]}}</ref>
** A [[Royal Jordanian]] [[Boeing 707]] flight from [[Jeddah]] [[1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] in [[Kano (city)|Kano]], [[Nigeria]]; 176 people are killed.<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19730122-0|title= JY-ADO}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] ends with the signing of the [[Paris Peace Accords]].<ref name="auto"/>

===February===
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* [[February 8]] – A military insurrection in [[Uruguay]] poses an institutional challenge to President [[Juan María Bordaberry]].
* [[February 21]] – [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] ([[Boeing 727]]) is shot down by [[Israel]]i [[fighter aircraft]] over the [[Sinai Desert]], after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. There are 108 fatalities, and only five people on board survive (one crew member and four passengers).
* [[February 28]] – The [[Republic of Ireland]] general election is held. [[Liam Cosgrave]] becomes the new [[Taoiseach]].

===March===
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* [[March 8]] – [[The Troubles]]: A [[1973 Northern Ireland border poll|referendum]] is held in [[Northern Ireland]] over whether to reunite with the Republic of Ireland or to stay a part of the UK. The result was 98% remain. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] responds to the referendum by planting four car bombs in London on the same day, [[1973 Old Bailey bombing|two of which went off]], causing one death and injuring over 200 people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-1973-border-poll-on-the-future-of-northern-ireland-that-time-has-forgotten/42021153.html |title=The 1973 border poll on the future of Northern Ireland that time has forgotten |newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – Sir [[Richard Sharples]], Governor of [[Bermuda]], is assassinated outside Government House, along with his aide-de-camp.<ref>{{cite book |author=Oliver Lindsay |title=Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards, 1945-1995 |publisher=Leo Cooper |year=1996 |isbn=9780850525267 |page=249}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – [[Comet Kohoutek]] is discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McElheny |first1=Victor |title=Discoverer of Comet: Lubas Kohoutek |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 January 1974 |location=New York |page=61 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706222651/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – A British government White Paper on [[Northern Ireland]] proposes the re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
* [[March 21]] – The [[Lofthouse Colliery disaster]] occurs in Great Britain. Seven miners are trapped underground; none survive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lofthouse Colliery Disaster |date=January 2003 |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/lofthouse_colliery_disaster.shtml |access-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – At the 45th Academy Awards, ''[[The Godfather]]'' wins best picture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |title=45th Academy Awards Winners {{pipe}} Oscar Legacy {{pipe}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223052018/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===April===
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* [[April 1]] 
**India launches the wildlife conservation program [[Project Tiger]].  
**Value Added Tax (VAT) is introduced in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victor |first=Adam |date=2010-12-31 |title=VAT: A brief history of taxation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/dec/31/vat-brief-history-tax |access-date=2021-01-17 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 3]] – The first handheld [[mobile phone]] call is made by [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]] of [[Motorola]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65112048.amp |website=BBC News |access-date=3 April 2023 |date=3 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] — The [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)]] was officially dedicated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today Marks 42nd Anniversary of WTC Dedication {{!}} National September 11 Memorial & Museum |url=https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/today-marks-42nd-anniversary-wtc-dedication |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.911memorial.org}}</ref>
* [[April 5]]
** [[Fahri Korutürk]] becomes the sixth president of [[Turkey]].
** ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' is launched on a mission to study the [[Solar System]].
* [[April 6]] – [[Ron Blomberg]] of the [[New York Yankees]] becomes the first [[designated hitter]] in [[Major League Baseball]].
* [[April 7]] – ''[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]'' by [[Anne-Marie David]] (music by Claude Morgan, text by Vline Buggy) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973]] for [[Luxembourg]]. 
* [[April 10]]
** [[Operation Spring of Youth]]: [[Israel]]i commandos raid [[Beirut]], assassinating 3 leaders of the [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian Resistance Movement]]. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister [[Saeb Salam]], a [[Sunni]] Muslim.
** The Islamic Republic of [[Pakistan]] introduced its [[Constitution of Pakistan|new constitution]], its supreme law.<ref>Abiad, Nisrine (2008). Sharia, Muslim states and international human rights treaty obligations&nbsp;: a comparative study. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law. pp.&nbsp;96–200. {{ISBN|978-1-905221-41-7}}.</ref> 
* [[April 15]] – [[Naim Talu]], a former civil servant, forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (36th government).
* [[April 17]] – The German counter-terrorist force [[GSG 9]]<!-- confirmed here --> is officially formed in response to the [[Munich massacre]].

===May===
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[[image:Sears Tower ss.jpg|thumb|250px|Sears Tower]]
* [[May 3]] – The [[Willis Tower|Sears Tower]] in Chicago, United States, is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at {{convert|1451|ft|m}}.
* [[May 5]] – [[Shambu Tamang]] becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. <!--confirmed in [[Shambu Tamang]]-->
* [[May 10]] – The [[Polisario Front]], a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of [[Spanish Sahara]], is formed.
* [[May 11]] – The [[Data Act (Sweden)|Data Act]] (Sw. ''Datalagen'') − the world's first national data protection law − is enacted in Sweden.
* [[May 14]] – [[Skylab]], the United States' first [[space station]], is launched.
* [[May 18]] – [[Second Cod War]]: [[Joseph Godber]], British [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]], announces that [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]]s will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} limit around [[Iceland]].
* [[May 25]]
** [[Skylab 2]] ([[Pete Conrad]], [[Paul J. Weitz|Paul Weitz]], [[Joseph P. Kerwin|Joseph Kerwin]]) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched [[Skylab]] space station.
** [[Héctor José Cámpora]] becomes democratic president of the [[Argentine Republic]] ending the 1966 to 1973 [[Revolución Argentina]] military dictatorship.

===June===
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* [[June 1]] – The Greek military junta abolishes the [[monarchy]] and proclaims a [[republic]].
* [[June 3]] – A [[Tupolev Tu-144]] crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed.
* [[June 10]] – [[Henri Pescarolo]] and co-driver [[Gérard Larrousse]] (both France) win the [[1973 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]] in the [[Equipe Matra Sports|''Equipe Matra'']] [[Matra MS670|MS670]]B.
* [[June 20]] – The [[Ezeiza massacre]] occurs in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. Snipers shoot at left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300.
* [[June 24]] 
** [[Leonid Brezhnev]] addresses the American people on television, the first Soviet leader to do so.
** [[UpStairs Lounge arson attack]], an as-yet unsolved attack on a gay bar in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in which 32 patrons are killed.
* [[June 25]] – [[Erskine Hamilton Childers]] is elected the 4th [[President of Ireland]].
* [[June 26]] – At [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]],<!--confirmed here --> nine people are killed in the explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
* [[June 27]] – [[1973 Uruguayan coup d'état|Coup d'état]] in [[Uruguay]]: pressed by the military, President [[Juan María Bordaberry]] dissolves Parliament; a 12-year-long [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|civic-military dictatorship]] begins.
* [[June 28]] – Elections are held for the [[Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973|Northern Ireland Assembly]], which will lead to power-sharing between [[Unionism in Ireland|unionists]] and [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] in [[Northern Ireland]] for the first time.
* [[June 30]] – A [[Solar eclipse of June 30, 1973|very long total solar eclipse]] occurs<!--confirmed here -->. During the entire second millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality.

===July===
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* [[July 3]] – [[Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (CSCE).
* [[July 5]] – The catastrophic [[BLEVE]] (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) occurs in [[Kingman, Arizona]], United States, following a fire that broke out as [[propane]] was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, killing 11 firefighters. This explosion becomes a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
* [[July 10]] – The [[Bahamas]] gains full independence within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* [[July 11]] – [[Varig Flight 820]] crashes near [[Orly]], France; 123 people are killed.
* [[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 17]] – King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] of Afghanistan is [[1973 Afghan coup d'état|deposed]] by his cousin [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
* [[July 20]] – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in [[Mururoa Atoll]], over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
* [[July 21]] – [[Lillehammer affair]]: Agents of [[Mossad]], the Israeli secret intelligence agency, shoot and kill a Moroccan waiter in [[Lillehammer]], Norway, mistakenly believing him to be a senior member of the Palestinian [[Black September Organization]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Victor Ostrovsky |title=By Way of Deception |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_ighepRCs0C |year=1991 |publisher=General Publishing Company, Limited |isbn=978-0-7736-7316-8 |page=206}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The [[Avianca]] Building in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.<ref>{{cite book |author=National Fire Protection Association |title=Fires in High-rise Buildings: Reprints from Fire Journal and Fire Technology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lkFAAAAMAAJ |year=1974 |publisher=National Fire Protection Association |page=14}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched.
* [[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]] [[DC-9]] aircraft flying as [[Delta Air Lines Flight 173]] lands short of [[Logan Airport]] runway at Boston, United States, in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed; one of the passengers died several months after the accident.

===August===
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[[image:Flag of CARICOM.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of CARICOM]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Caribbean Community and Common Market]] (CARICOM) is inaugurated.
* [[August 2]] – A flash fire kills 51 at the [[Summerland disaster|Summerland]] amusement centre at [[Douglas, Isle of Man]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-23449990 |title=Isle of Man 'Shame' over Summerland Fire Disaster |access-date=August 5, 2017 |newspaper=BBC News |date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** [[Black September Organization|Black September]] members open fire at the [[Athens]] airport; 3 people are killed, 55 injured.
** [[Mars 6]], also known as 3MP No. 50P, is launched by the Soviet Union to explore Mars. 
* [[August 8]] – South Korean politician [[Kim Dae-jung]] is kidnapped in Tokyo by the [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|KCIA]].
* [[August 15]] – The U.S. bombing of [[Cambodia]] ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the [[Case–Church Amendment]]-an act that prohibits military operations in [[Laos]], Cambodia, and [[North Vietnam|North]] and [[South Vietnam|South]] [[Vietnam]] as a follow-up of the [[Paris Peace Accords]]. 
* [[August 23]] – The [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] occurs, famous for the origin of the term [[Stockholm syndrome]].
* [[August 25]] – [[Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon]]: Two Australian girls go missing whilst attending an Australian rules football match at the [[Adelaide Oval]], never to be seen again.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.milesago.com/almanac/1973.htm#August |title=MILESAGO - The Almanac - Australasian popular music, pop culture and social history 1964-1975 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

===September===
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[[File:Golpe_de_Estado_1973.jpg|thumb|[[La Moneda Palace]] being bombed amidst heavy fighting between government forces and the Chilean Military [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|who was staging a coup]], on September 11th.]]
* [[September 9]] – Scottish racing driver [[Jackie Stewart]] becomes [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Champion]] when his [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Tyrrell 003|003]]-[[Cosworth]] finishes fourth in the [[1973 Italian Grand Prix]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]].
* [[September 11]] – [[Chile]]'s democratically elected government is overthrown in [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|a violent military coup]] after serious political instability. President [[Salvador Allende]] allegedly [[Death of Salvador Allende|commits suicide]] during the coup in the [[La Moneda Palace|presidential palace]] and General [[Augusto Pinochet]] heads a US-backed [[military junta]] that governs Chile for the next 17 years.
* [[September 15]] – [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]], becomes King of Sweden following the death of his grandfather, [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|King Gustaf VI Adolf]].
* [[September 18]] – The two German Republics, the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] (West Germany) and the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany), are admitted to the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 20]]
** [[Billie Jean King]] beats [[Bobby Riggs]] in a singles tennis match billed as the "Battle of the Sexes".<ref>{{cite web |first=Neal |last=Amdur |title=Mrs. King Defeats Riggs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, Amid a Circus Atmosphere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/21/archives/mrs-king-defeats-riggs-64-63-63-amid-a-circus-atmosphere-mrs-king.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1973 |page=A1 |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Jim Croce]], [[Maury Muehleisen]] and four others are killed in a plane crash shortly after takeoff following a concert at Northwestern Louisiana University in Natchitoches.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recording star, 5 others killed in crash of plane |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=py1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5658%2C2870135 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=The Associated Press |date=September 22, 1973 |page=9 |access-date=November 26, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] 
** [[Soviet space program]]: [[Soyuz 12]] ([[Vasily Lazarev]], [[Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov|Oleg Makarov]]), the first Soviet manned flight since the [[Soyuz 11]] tragedy in 1971, is launched.
** [[Luís Cabral]] declares the independence of the [[Republic of Guinea-Bissau]] from the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo regime]] in [[Portugal]]. It is later granted in September 1974.

===October===
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[[File:Sydney Opera House Sails.jpg|thumb|[[October 20]]: [[Sydney Opera House]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]]]]
* [[October 6]] – [[Yom Kippur War]] begins: The fourth and largest [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] begins, as [[Egypt]]ian and [[Syria]]n forces attack Israeli forces in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Golan Heights]] on [[Yom Kippur]].
* [[October 10]] – [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns as [[Vice President of the United States]].
* [[October 14]] – [[1973 Thai popular uprising|Thai popular uprising]]: Students revolt in Bangkok – In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government, 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
* [[October 15]] – [[1973 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ruth .28Narsing.29|Typhoon Ruth]] crosses [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], killing 27 people and causing $5&nbsp;million in damage.
* [[October 17]] – An [[OPEC]] oil embargo against several countries supporting Israel triggers the [[1973 energy crisis]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[October 20]]
** The [[Saturday Night Massacre]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders Attorney General [[Elliot Richardson]] to dismiss [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Special Prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]]. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General [[William Ruckelshaus]]. Solicitor General [[Robert Bork]], third in line at the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], then fires Cox. The event prompts calls for Nixon's impeachment.
** The [[Sydney Opera House]] in Australia is opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] after 14 years of construction work.
[[File:Bosphorus Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[October 30]]: The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] is opened by [[Turkish President]] [[Fahri Korutürk]]]]
* [[October 25]] – The [[Yom Kippur War]] ends.
* [[October 26]] – The [[United Nations]] recognizes the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]].
* [[October 30]] – The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait for the first time in history.

===November===
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[[Image:Mariner 10 1975 Issue-10c.jpg|thumb|220px|''[[Mariner 10]]'' space probe, [[U.S. Space Exploration History on U.S. Stamps|on U.S. Stamps, Space Exploration History, Issue of 1975]]]]
* [[November 3]]
** [[Pan Am Flight 160|Pan Am flight 160]], a [[Boeing 707#Notable accidents|Boeing 707-321C]], crashes at [[Logan International Airport]], [[Boston]], killing three people.
** [[Mariner program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Mariner 10]]'' toward [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first [[space probe]] to reach that planet).
* [[November 7]] – The [[Congress of the United States]] overrides President [[Richard Nixon]]'s veto of the [[War Powers Resolution]]<!--confirmed here-->, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
* [[November 8]] – [[Millennium '73]], a festival hosted by [[Prem Rawat|Guru Maharaj Ji]] at the [[Astrodome]], is called by supporters the "most significant event in human history".
* [[November 11]] – [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.
* [[November 16]]
** [[Skylab]] program: [[NASA]] launches [[Skylab 4]] ([[Gerald P. Carr|Gerald Carr]], [[William Pogue]], [[Edward Gibson]]) from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]], on an 84-day mission.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch17.htm |title=Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab |chapter=The Last Mission |last1=Benson |first1=Charles Dunlap |last2=Compton |first2=William David |date=November 1981 |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] signs the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act]] into law, authorizing the construction of the [[Alaska Pipeline]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/crt/federal-coordination-and-compliance-section-51 |title=Federal Coordination And Compliance Section |date=13 November 2000 |website=[[The United States Department of Justice]] |access-date=21 October 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021093605/https://www.justice.gov/crt/federal-coordination-and-compliance-section-51 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – The [[Athens Polytechnic uprising]] occurs against the military regime in [[Athens]], Greece.
* [[November 25]] – Greek dictator [[Georgios Papadopoulos]] is ousted in a military [[coup]] led by Brigadier General [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-10-09 |title=Stylianos Pattakos, last survivor of the 1967 Greek military junta – obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/09/stylianos-pattakos-last-survivor-of-the-1967-greek-military-junt/ |access-date=2021-05-02 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 
* [[November 27]] – The [[United States Senate]] votes 92–3 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as Vice President of the United States.
* [[November 29]] – 104 people are killed in a Taiyo department store fire in [[Kumamoto]], [[Kyūshū]], Japan.
* November – [[Sisowath Kossamak|Queen Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia]] is released from house arrest to [[Beijing]].

===December===
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* December – [[Chile]] breaks [[Chile–Sweden relations|diplomatic contacts]] with [[Sweden]].
* [[December 1]] – [[Papua New Guinea]] gains self-government from Australia.
* [[December 3]] – [[Pioneer program]]: ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' sends back the first close-up images of [[Jupiter]].
* [[December 6]] – The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 387–35 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.
* [[December 14]] – [[Rhodesia]] executes two Blacks at Salisbury Central Prison for murder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?series_number=13&id=1049 |title=Execution By Hanging: 14/12/1973 Hatiduduzi Guvamantanga And Rivers Chimunondo – Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213165412/http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?id=1049&series_number=13 |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 18]]
** [[Soviet space program]]: [[Soyuz 13]] ([[Pyotr Klimuk]], [[Valentin Lebedev]]) is launched.
** The [[Islamic Development Bank]] is created as a specialized agency of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) (effective August 12, 1974).
* [[December 20]] – Spanish prime minister [[Luis Carrero-Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco|Luis Carrero Blanco]] is assassinated in [[Madrid]] by the separatist organization [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]].
* [[December 28]] – The [[Endangered Species Act]] is passed in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Resource Protection |title=Endangered Species Act Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Resource Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-7PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA138 |year=1977 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=138}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] – Terrorist [[Ilich Ramírez Sánchez|Carlos]] fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.<ref>{{cite book |author=Shirelle Phelps |title=World of Criminal Justice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzwvAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=978-0-7876-5072-8 |page=113}}</ref>

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* A large [[Song dynasty]] trade ship of c. [[1277]] A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]]. It confirms the descriptions of [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkheaded]] hull compartments for [[Junk (ship)|junks]] in [[Zhu Yu (author)|Zhu Yu]]'s ''Pingzhou Table Talks'' of [[1119]].