Historical Events In 1973
May 25 Argentine Peronist Hector Cámpora installed as president
May 25 George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
May 25 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins 2nd UEFA Cup at Mönchengladbach
May 07 US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair
May 04 Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope
May 17 The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open
May 10 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
May 10 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
May 29 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
May 17 US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO
May 03 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out
May 14 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
May 20 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win
May 16 AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki
May 22 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
May 08 Indians holding South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
May 26 "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31
May 30 Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup
May 25 Launch of Skylab 2 mission, which was first U.S. manned orbiting space station. It had an all Navy crew of CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN. (commanding), CDR Joseph P. Kerwin, USN and CDR Paul J. Weitz, USN. During the 28 day mission of 404 orbits, the craft rendezvoused with Skylab to make repairs and conduct science experiments. Recovery by USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
May 26 Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1
May 18 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
May 12 "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92
May 14 Skylab launched, the first Space Station
May 11 Dutch Government of Uyl forms
May 26 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15
May 17 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"
May 31 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
May 20 25th Emmy Awards Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win
May 04 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
May 14 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London
May 05 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium.
May 14 US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military
May 10 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
May 16 Zimbian troops kill two Canadian women at Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) border; believed they were saboteurs.
May 22 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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