Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
Everything
2
1973
(
thing
)
by
sekicho
Sun Feb 09 2003 at 7:02:56
Politics
The
United States Supreme Court
officially banned state restrictions on
abortion
s in its landmark
Roe v. Wade
case.
U.S. involvement in the
Vietnam War
officially ended.
The
Watergate
hearings dragged on, with the resignations of
John Erlichmann
,
John Dean
, and
Spiro Agnew
, the firing of
Archibald Cox
, and the appointment of
Gerald Ford
as
vice president
.
Native American
s revolted in
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
.
Henry Kissinger
and
Le Duc Tho
split the Nobel
Peace
Prize.
The
Yom Kippur War
broke out betweeen
Israel
,
Syria
and
Egypt
. Israel won, but
Golda Meir
's goverment fell.
An
oil embargo
was placed on the United States by several Arab nations in retaliation for American support of Israel.
Denmark
,
Ireland
and the
United Kingdom
joined the
EC
.
West Germany
and
East Germany
were admitted to the
United Nations
.
Afghanistan
's monarchy was overthrown.
Laos
reached a
cease fire
with its native communist insigators (which didn't last very long).
Ferdinand Marcos
passed a new constitution in the
Philippines
that would give him an unprecedented amount of power.
The
Bahamas
gained their independence from Britain.
Science and Technology
The crisis in the Middle East inspired an oil exploration boom in the
North Sea
.
The first
CRT
capable of displaying
bitmap
images was introduced.
The first computer
mouse
was built.
Intel
developed the
8080
microprocessor
.
Semiconductor
researchers
Leona Ezaki
,
Ivar Giaever
, and
Brian Josephson
split the
Nobel Prize
for
Physics
.
Skylab
, the first U.S.
space station
, was launched.
Pioneer 11
began making its way to
Saturn
, while
Mariner 10
was sent to observe
Venus
and
Mercury
up close.
Soyuz
12 and 13 marked the first manned Soviet space flights since the
Soyuz 11
disaster of 1971.
Britain and
France
wrapped up testing of their joint
SST
program, the
Concorde
, while the
Tupolev Tu-144
was flying in Russia.
Stanley Cohen
and
Herbert Boyer
became the first scientists to transplant a
gene
from one
bacterium
to another, marking the birth of modern
genetic engineering
.
Arts and Entertainment
The Sting
won
Best Picture
at the
Academy Awards
:
Jack Lemmon
snagged Best Actor for
Save the Tiger
.
Roberta Flack
picked up multiple
Grammy
s for "
Killing Me Softly With His Song
," and
Stevie Wonder
also made a good showing with his
Innervisions
album.
Mary Tyler Moore
and
M*A*S*H
were the biggest shows on TV in the United States.
Patrick White
won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Disney
released
Robin Hood
.
Sport(s)
Secretariat
won the
Triple Crown
.
George Foreman
won his first world heavyweight title, which he would soon have to defend against
Muhammad Ali
.
Bayern Munich
won the European Cup (and would win two more in a row), and
AC Milan
won the Cup Winners' Cup.
The
Miami Dolphins
were Super Bowl champions.
Notre Dame
and
Alabama
were
NCAA
football champions, and
UCLA
's basketball
dynasty
won one of its last championships.
Jack Nicklaus
won the PGA Championship, and
Tommy Aaron
won the Masters.
John Newcombe
was the U.S. and Australian
tennis
champion.
The
Oakland Athletics
triumphed over the
New York Yankees
in the
World Series
.
Born:
Norwegian crown prince
Haakon Magnus
and crown princess
Mette Marit
Rappers
Nas
,
Mos Def
,
Sean Paul
, and
Daz Dillinger
Boxer
Oscar de la Hoya
TV host
Carson Daly
Footballer
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Magician
David Blaine
Models
Heidi Klum
and
Angelica Bridges
Pr0n star
Asia Carrera
Actor
Omar Epps
Actresses
Neve Campbell
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
Tina Yothers
, and
Tori Spelling
Died:
U.S. president
Lyndon B. Johnson
Chilean president
Salvador Allende
East German leader
Walter Ulbricht
Swedish king
Gustav VI Adolf
Artist
Pablo Picasso
Actors
John Ford
and
Hayakawa Sessue
Martial artist
Bruce Lee
Flying ace
Eddie Rickenbacker
Poets
W. H. Auden
and
Conrad Aiken
Authors
Pearl Buck
and
J.R.R. Tolkien
Grateful Dead
member
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
<
1972
| 1973 |
1974
>
(
I like it!
)
1
C!
printable version
chaos
1974
1972
The Rape of the A*P*E*
Three Is A Magic Number
When's your birthday?
The Harder They Come
Le Duc Tho
Disney Animated Features
Roe v. Wade
Jori Hulkkonen
Relics
The siege at Wounded Knee
Our Bodies, Ourselves
J.B.
Jerry Harrison
George Foreman
For Everyman
East Germany
Pioneer 11
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Timmins
Israel
Helsingborg
Lesotho
Y'know, if you
log in
, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site.
Create a New User
if you don't already have an account.
Epicenter
Login
Password
remember me
password reminder
register
Everything2 Help
Cool Staff Picks
Little presents from the Node Fairy:
DeLorean
Where the cats live
An area the size of Wales
Middle English
Sexually transmitted disease
Jerusalem cricket
Superstring Theory
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
For a lawyer she was surprisingly like a child. Sometimes.
Why I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18
The logic of atheism
I must escape the noose of my adult responsibility
Stupid Word Tricks
New Writeups
noost
partner mining
(
fiction
)
droidonthemoon
Faith Know More
(
idea
)
tentative
Twilight
(
review
)
lucychili
What's wrong with this picture?
(
fiction
)
Eniteris
Define "Real"
(
idea
)
riverrun
Blackbirds at One O'Clock
(
idea
)
Feli_the_Cat
Voice of my Thought
(
log
)
Dernhelm7
My inability to effectively express my thoughts is driving me crazy
(
idea
)
rep_movsd
BGWJJILLIGKKK
(
thing
)
milkfish
Ruth Brown
(
thing
)
milkfish
Ghazal
(
poetry
)
The Debutante
Feeding people who struggle to eat
(
idea
)
aoeufx
mancake
(
thing
)
EnochRoot
Stuff Happens
(
review
)
Tom Rook
They might not need me - yet they might -
(
poetry
)
(
more
)