What is 1973?
{{Year nav|1973}} {{Year in various calendars|1973}} '''1973''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1973rd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1973}}. == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], and [[Denmark]] enter the ''European Economic Community'', now known as the [[European Union]]. * [[January 15]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, [[President of the United States]] [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]]. * [[January 17]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President|President for Life]] of the [[Philippines]]. * [[January 22]] – [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules on ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. * January 22 – [[George Foreman]] defeats [[Joe Frazier]] for the heavyweight world [[boxing]] championship. * [[January 23]] – Eruption in [[Heimaey]] begins. * January 23 – President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in [[Vietnam]]. * [[January 27]] – U.S. involvement in [[Vietnam War]] ends with the signing of peace pacts. See [[Paris Peace Accords]]. * [[April 3]] – The [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] opens in [[New York City]]. * [[September 11]] – [[Augusto Pinochet]] takes power in [[Chile]], in a coup, in which President [[Salvador Allende]] dies. * [[September 15]] – Ascension to the throne of King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]] * The rock group [[KISS (band)|KISS]] form in [[New York City]]. * [[Homosexuality]] is no longer considered a [[mental disorder]]. *[[Japan]]s first video game, [[Elepong]] is produced == Births == * [[January 8]] – [[Sean Paul]], [[Jamaica]]n [[reggae]] [[singer]] * [[January 22]] – [[Rogério Ceni]], [[brazil]]ian [[Football (soccer)|football]] player * [[February 16]] – [[Cathy Freeman]], [[Australian Aborigine]] [[Track and field athletics|athlete]] * [[March 22]] – [[Elvis Stojko