December 1973 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1973.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Edward Heath (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1973: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1973?

Events

01 Dec 1973 Jack Nicklaus becomes first golfer to earn $2 million in a year.
02 Dec 1973 Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington DC opens
03 Dec 1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
04 Dec 1973 Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
05 Dec 1973 Paul McCartney releases Band on the Run album
06 Dec 1973 Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected US Vice-President, succeeds Spiro T Agnew.
07 Dec 1973 Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
08 Dec 1973 Seesaw closes at Uris Theater NYC after 296 performances
09 Dec 1973 Pajama Game opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
11 Dec 1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises
12 Dec 1973 Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 and $10 silver coins).
13 Dec 1973 MPLA / FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya
15 Dec 1973 Golf Resort (Disney Inn) opens
16 Dec 1973 US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed
17 Dec 1973 Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
18 Dec 1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days.
19 Dec 1973 Molly closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 68 performances
20 Dec 1973 Montreal Canadiens' Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point.
21 Dec 1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US and USSR meet in Geneva, Switzerland.
23 Dec 1973 Young and the Restless premieres on TV
24 Dec 1973 In New Mexico, USA, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurs.
25 Dec 1973 The ARPANET crashes when a programming bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze.
26 Dec 1973 Exorcist, starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres
27 Dec 1973 LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
28 Dec 1973 Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelag
30 Dec 1973 1st picture of a comet from space
31 Dec 1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23.
09 Dec 1973 British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.