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October 1973

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The following events occurred in October 1973:

October 1, 1973 (Monday)

October 2, 1973 (Tuesday)

October 3, 1973 (Wednesday)

October 4, 1973 (Thursday)

October 5, 1973 (Friday)

October 6, 1973 (Saturday)

October 7, 1973 (Sunday)

October 8, 1973 (Monday)

  • Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
  • Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
  • LBC Radio begins broadcasting on 97.3 FM in London.
  • Born: Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist; Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
  • Died: Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)

October 9, 1973 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

October 10, 1973 (Wednesday)

October 11, 1973 (Thursday)

October 12, 1973 (Friday)

October 13, 1973 (Saturday)

October 14, 1973 (Sunday)

  • Thammasat student uprising: Over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
  • Born: Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar; Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician
  • Died: Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897); Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)

October 15, 1973 (Monday)

October 16, 1973 (Tuesday)

October 17, 1973 (Wednesday)

October 18, 1973 (Thursday)

October 19, 1973 (Friday)

October 20, 1973 (Saturday)

  • "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
  • The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.

October 21, 1973 (Sunday)

October 22, 1973 (Monday)

October 23, 1973 (Tuesday)

  • Watergate scandal: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
  • Born: Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer

October 24, 1973 (Wednesday)

October 25, 1973 (Thursday)

October 26, 1973 (Friday)

October 27, 1973 (Saturday)

October 28, 1973 (Sunday)

October 29, 1973 (Monday)

October 30, 1973 (Tuesday)

  • The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
  • Born: Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official; Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist; Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor; Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager; Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • Died: Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)

October 31, 1973 (Wednesday)

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