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‘Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom.’ Richard Nixon 37th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Aug. 9, 1974
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1973 COST OF LIVING
Spiro Agnew
39th. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Oct. 10, 1973
World events
• Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam on Jan. 15. • Ferdinand Marcos becomes “President for Life” of the Philippines on Jan. 17. • U.S. involve-
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ment in the Vietnam War ends Jan. 27 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. • The last U.S. soldier leaves Vietnam on March 29. • Pablo Picasso dies April 8 at his home in France. • Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev address the American people on television June 24, the fist Soviet leader to do so. • The Yom Kippur War begins Oct. 6 as
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Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. The war would last until Oct. 25. • OPEC begins an oil embargo against countries that support Israel on Oct. 17, triggering the 1973 oil crisis.
U.S. News
• Aerosmith releases its self-titled debut album Jan. 5. • Elvis Presley’s concert in Hawaii on Jan. 14 becomes the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer. It is watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings. • The Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion Jan. 22 in its Roe v. Wade decision. • Pink
war in Vietnam.
Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” on of rock’s landmark albums, is released March 1 in the U.S. • Martin Cooper of Motorala makes the first handheld mobile phone call April 3. • The World Trade Center officially opens April 4 in New Your City. • Federal Express officially begins operations April 17 with 14 aircraft operating out of Memphis International Airport. • President Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean on April 30 amidst the Watergate scandal. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and staffers H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resign. • The Sears Tower becomes the world’s tallest building May 3, standing at 1,451 feet. • The U.S. launches Skylab, it’s first space station, May 14. • Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes on June 9, breaking the record by 2 3/5 seconds and becoming the first Triple Crown winner since 1948. • The Drug Enforcement Administration is founded July 1. • Billie Jean King defeates Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes” on Sept. 20.
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Billie Jean King defeats BobbyRiggs in “The Battle of the Sexes.”
• Vice President Agnew resigns Oct. 10 and pleads no contests to income tax evasion charges. Gerald Ford would become vice president Dec. 6. • President Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on Oct. 20. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. Solicitor General Robert Bork then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon’s impeachment.
Movies • • • • • • • • • •
“Papillon” “The Exorcist” “Westworld” “The Sting” “Mean Streets” “Live and Let Die” “American Graffiti” “Walking Tall” “Enter the Dragon” “Robin Hood”
BORN THIS YEAR: Kate Beckinsale, actress (July 26). Above left: Pharrell Williams, musician (April 5); Neil Patrick Harris, actor (June 15); Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player (Oct. 22); Tyra Banks, model (Dec. 4).
• “Crocodile Rock,” Elton John • “You’re So Vain,” Carly Simon • “The Ballroom Blitz,” The Sweet • “I’d Love You to Want Me,” Lobo • “Get Down,” Gilbert O’Sullivan • “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Elton John • “Superstition,” Stevie Wonder
• Income per year ... $12,900 • Minimum wage .......... $1.60 • New house ........... $32,500 • Rent ................................. $175 • New car..................... $2,900 • Gallon of gas .................. 40¢ • Gallon of milk . .............. $1.31 • Dozen Eggs .................... 45¢ • First-class stamp ...............8¢ • Movie ticket .................. $1.77
Pink Floyd releases “Dark Side of the Moon.”
Music
• “Angie,” The Rolling Stones • “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ’round the Old Oak Tree,” Tony Orland and Dawn
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