Events in 1973

242 notable events from 1973. Page 1 of 3.

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