1973 World History
Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade (Jan. 22).
A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War (Jan. 28).
Nixon, on national TV, accepts responsibility, but not blame, for Watergate; accepts resignations of advisers H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, fires John W. Dean III as counsel (April 30).
Greek military junta abolishes monarchy and proclaims republic (June 1).
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
Fourth and biggest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6).
Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president and then, in federal court in Baltimore, pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes on $29,500 he received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on three years' probation (Oct. 10).
In the “Saturday Night Massacre,” Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus; Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns (Oct. 20).
Egypt and Israel sign U.S.-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11).
Duke Ellington's autobiography, "Music Is My Mistress", is published.
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