A ceasefire is signed January 27, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War.
OPEC Hikes Gas Prices
OPEC took its first steps as a cartel to cut production and embargo oil to the West resulting in a huge hike in gas prices and shortages at the pumps.
Politics
April 30 - President Richard Nixon accepts responsibility for Watergate on TV (but doesn't resign until the next year).
October 6 - Syrian and Egyptian forces attack Israel in the Yom Kippur war.
October 10 - Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president. Gerald Ford is named his replacement and the next year becomes everyone's favorite president that nobody voted for!!
October 20 - Nixon wreaks havoc on the Justice Department firing the Watergate Special Prosecuter Archibald Cox and the Assistant Attorney General. The Attorney General himself Elliot Richardson resigns.
November 11 - Israel and Egypt sign a cease-fire accord.
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. This decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.
1973 Prices
Cost of a new home: $35,500.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.08
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.39
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.78
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.31
Median Household Income: $10,512.00
Sports
Major Championships:
Super Bowl Miami d. Washington (14-7)
World Series Oakland A's d. NY Mets (4-3)
NBA Championship New York d. LA Lakers (4-1)
Stanley Cup Montreal d. Chicago (4-2)
Wimbledon Women: Billie Jean King d. C. Evert (6-0 7-5)
Men: Jan Kodes d. A. Metreveli (6-1 9-8 6-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion Secretariat (also won the Triple Crown)
NCAA Basketball Championship UCLA d. Memphis St. (87-66)
NCAA Football Champions Notre Dame (11-0-0)
Music
The Top 20 Songs
1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree, Tony Orlando & Dawn
2. Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Jim Croce
3. Killing Me Softly With His Song, Roberta Flack
4. Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye
5. My Love, Paul McCartney & Wings
6. Why Me, Kris Kristofferson
7. Crocodile Rock, Elton John
8. Will It Go Round In Circles, Billy Preston
9. You're So Vain, Carly Simon
10. Touch Me In The Morning, Diana Ross
11. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia, Vicki Lawrence
12. Playground In My Mind, Clint Holmes
13. Brother Louie, Stories
14. Delta Dawn, Helen Reddy
15. Me And Mrs. Jones, Billy Paul
16. Frankenstein, Edgar Winter Group
17. Drift Away, Dobie Gray
18. Little Willy, Sweet
19. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Stevie Wonder
20. Half Breed, Cher
Movies
1973 Oscars
(for Best Films of 1972)
Best Picture - The Godfather
Best Actor - Marlon Brando, The Godfather
Best Actress - Liza Minelli, Cabaret
Best Supporting Actor - Joel Grey, Cabaret
Best Supporting Actress - Eileen Heckart, Butterflies are Free
Best Director - Bob Fosse, Cabaret
Best Screenplay Adaptation - Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
Best Original Screenplay - Jeremy Larner, The Candidate
Best Song - 'The Morning After,' The Poseiden Adventure
Some of the most popular movies released in 1973...
The Exorcist
The Sting
American Grafitti
The Last Detail
Serpico
Paper Moon
TV
The Top 20 TV Shows of 1973
1. All in the Family
2. The Waltons
3. Sanford and Son
4. M*A*S*H
5. Hawaii Five-O
6. Maude
7. Kojak
8. The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10. Cannon
11. The Six Million Dollar Man
12. The Bob Newhart Show
13. The Wonderful World of Disney
14. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie
15. Gunsmoke
16. Happy Days
17. Good Times
18. Barnaby Jones
19. NFL Monday Night Football
20. The CBS Friday Night Movie
