Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.

Archbishop William Laud is beheaded.

Some Panamanian youths attempt to raise the Panamanian flag on the US controlled Panama Canal Zone, which leads to fighting between the US military and…

The Second Battle of Springfield during the American Civil War takes place.

The Polaris missile is test launched.

Daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States in response to the 1973 oil crisis.

The United States President Harry S. Truman unveils the Fair Deal program.

The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea runs aground in a storm near La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

The Colombian drug boss, Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.