242 notable events from 1973 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- 1973 oil crisis
Oct 16, 1973–Mar 17, 1974 · South Africa · Crisis
- 1970s energy crisis
1973–1980 · Crisis
- 1973 Chilean coup d'état
Sep 11, 1973 · Chile · War & armed conflict
- Hamida Djandoubi
Jan 1, 1973–Jul 3, 1974 · France · Attack (other)
- 1973 Mount Gambier cave diving accident
May 28, 1973 · Australia · Death & funeral
- Araceli Cabrera Sánchez Crespo
May 18, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Frank Matthews (drug trafficker)
Jun 26, 1973 · United States · Disappearance
- Our Lady of Akita
from Jul 6, 1973 · Japan · Science & concept
- Norrmalmstorg robbery
Aug 23, 1973–Aug 28, 1973 · Sweden · Kidnapping & hostage
- Wounded Knee Occupation
May 8, 1973 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1973 Paris Air Show Tupolev Tu-144 crash
Jun 3, 1973 · France · Aviation accident
- David McGreavy
Apr 13, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Zebra murders
Oct 1973–Apr 1974 · United States · Murder & homicide
- William Suff
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1991 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
Dec 20, 1973 · Spain · Bombing & explosion
- Death of Salvador Allende
Sep 11, 1973 · Chile · Scandal & controversy
- Toyokawa Shinkin Bank incident
Dec 1973 · Japan · Crisis
- Varig Flight 820
Jul 11, 1973 · France · Aviation accident
- Lillehammer affair
Jul 21, 1973 · Norway · Massacre
- Saturday Night Massacre
Oct 20, 1973 · United States · Massacre
- 1973 Old Bailey bombing
Mar 8, 1973 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 1973 Afghan coup d'état
Jul 17, 1973 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Gitchie Manitou murders
Nov 17, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Lester Eubanks
Jan 1, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Ana Lídia case
Sep 11, 1973 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Athens Polytechnic uprising
Nov 14, 1973–Nov 17, 1973 · Greece · Riot & unrest
- Joseph Kappen
Jul 1, 1973 · Attack (other)
- Summerland disaster
Aug 2, 1973 · Isle of Man · Fire
- 1973 Hanafi Muslim massacre
Jan 18, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Anthony and Nathaniel Cook
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1981 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung
Aug 8, 1973 · Japan · Kidnapping & hostage
- Caravan of Death
Jan 1, 1973 · Chile · Massacre
- Chivruay Pass incident
Jan 27, 1973 · Russian Federation · Death & funeral
- Human rights abuses in Chile under Augusto Pinochet
1973 · Chile · Genocide & ethnic violence
- UpStairs Lounge arson attack
Jun 24, 1973 · United States · Fire
- Olga Hepnarová
Jul 10, 1973 · Czechia · Massacre
- Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon
Aug 25, 1973 · Australia · Disappearance
- Ezeiza massacre
Jun 20, 1973 · Argentina · Massacre
- Ageo incident
Mar 13, 1973 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1973 Thai popular uprising
Oct 14, 1973 · Thailand · War & armed conflict
- 1973 Taiyo Department Store fire
Nov 29, 1973 · Japan · Fire
- Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Feb 21, 1973 · Egypt · Aviation accident
- 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon
Apr 9, 1973–Apr 10, 1973 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- Delta Air Lines Flight 723
Jul 31, 1973 · United States · Aviation accident
- Robert Garrow
Jan 1, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- 1973 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force LM-1 disappearance
Jun 23, 1973 · Japan · Disappearance
- Miller v. California
Jun 21, 1973 · United States · Crime & justice
- Hijacking of the Paris-Nice flight of 18 October 1973
Oct 18, 1973 · France · Aviation accident
- 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking
Dec 17, 1973 · Italy · Terrorism
- National Airlines Flight 27
Nov 3, 1973 · United States · Aviation accident
- Robert Austin Sullivan
Apr 8, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Alday family murders
May 14, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 109
May 18, 1973 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Tanquetazo
Jun 29, 1973 · Chile · War & armed conflict
- 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état
Jun 27, 1973 · Uruguay · War & armed conflict
- 1973 Nantes mid-air collision
Mar 5, 1973 · France · Aviation accident
- Japan Air Lines Flight 404
Jul 20, 1973 · United Arab Emirates · Aviation accident
- Murder of Santos Rodriguez
Jul 24, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Metropolitan area national railway riot
Apr 24, 1973 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Mitsubishi Resin case
Dec 12, 1973 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Bruce George Peter Lee
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1979 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Carlinhos case
Aug 2, 1973 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Pan Am Flight 816
Jul 22, 1973 · French Polynesia · Aviation accident
- 1973 Sólheimasandur Douglas C-117D crash
Nov 21, 1973 · Iceland · Aviation accident
- Primavalle fire
Apr 16, 1973 · Holy See (Vatican City State) · Attack (other)
- 1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash
Jan 22, 1973 · Nigeria · Aviation accident
- Troy Leon Gregg
Nov 21, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Invicta International Airlines Flight 435
Apr 10, 1973 · Switzerland · Aviation accident
- Armed resistance in Chile (1973–1990)
Sep 11, 1973 · Chile · War & armed conflict
- Vegas Pérez Case
Feb 22, 1973 · Venezuela · Murder & homicide
- Jean-Claude Bonnal
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 2001 · France · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Joan D'Alessandro
Apr 19, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Lisa Ann French
Oct 31, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- National Personnel Records Center fire
Jul 12, 1973 · United States · Fire
- Whiskey Au Go Go fire
Mar 8, 1973 · Australia · Fire
- Collège Édouard-Pailleron fire
Feb 6, 1973 · France · Fire
- Milan police headquarters bombing
May 17, 1973 · Italy · Terrorism
- Indian Airlines Flight 440
May 31, 1973 · India · Aviation accident
- 1973 North Korean kidnapping of Japanese kids
1973 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Joseph Clarence Smith Jr.
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1976 · Murder & homicide
- Richard Valenti
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1974 · Attack (other)
- 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis
Jan 19, 1973 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- Carl Patton
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1977 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Argo 16
Nov 23, 1973 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Bobby Jack Fowler
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1995 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Jonathan Kushner
Oct 28, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1973 Italy cholera outbreak
Aug 20, 1973–Oct 1973 · Italy · Epidemic & disease
- Duncan McKenzie (murderer)
Oct 26, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- James Allen Red Dog
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 6551
May 11, 1973 · Kazakhstan · Aviation accident
- Russell Maurice Johnson
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1977 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- Ofira Air Battle
Oct 6, 1973 · Egypt · War & armed conflict
- Józef Pluta
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 1979 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- SAM Colombia Flight 601
May 30, 1973 · Aruba · Aviation accident
- Aviaco Flight 118
Aug 13, 1973 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Murder of Dawn Magyar
Jan 27, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Doe v. Bolton
Jan 1, 1973 · United States · Crime & justice
- Billy Waldrop
Jun 26, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Raul Meza Jr.
Jan 1, 1973–Jan 1, 2023 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Peter Wilson
Aug 1, 1973 · Disappearance