Tag: 1973
23 August 1973
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their…
14 May 1973
Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab’]
29 March 1973
Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barrel_Roll’]
20 October 1973
The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House’]
9 August 1973
Mars 7 is launched from the USSR. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_7′]
14 May 1973
The United States space station, Skylab is launched. Skylab, the American space station and laboratory, was launched into space on May 14, 1973, starting a…
6 April 1973
The Pioneer 11 spacecraft is launched. Pioneer 11 also known as Pioneer G is a 259-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6,…