MultiEducator · The 20th Century Almanac
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1973
The 20th Century Almanac · The Seventies

1973

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Paris accords ended America's combat role in Vietnam, the Yom Kippur War triggered a crippling Arab oil embargo, and Pinochet's coup toppled Allende in Chile. The Watergate hearings gripped the nation, Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, and The Sting won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
World Series
No. 1 Song
You're So Vain
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Major Events of 1973

8 events
Summit meetingUS Completes Withdrawal from VietnamSevere Drought in AfricaOctober War (Yom Kippur War)Allende Killed in ChileBahamas IndependentCat Scan IntroducedSears Tower Built

Top Music of 1973

The year on the charts

Top Songs

  1. You're So Vain Carly Simon
  2. Superstition Stevie Wonder
  3. Crocodile Rock Elton John
  4. Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
  5. Love Train The O'Jays
  6. The Night Lights Went Out in Georgia Vicki Lawrence
  7. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Dawn
  8. You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder
  9. Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group
  10. My Love Paul McCartney

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. The Poseidon Adventure
  2. Deliverance
  3. The Getaway
  4. Live and Let Die
  5. Paper Moon
  6. The Last Tango in Paris
  7. The Sound of Music (reissue)
  8. Jesus Christ Superstar
  9. The World's Greatest Athlete
  10. American Graffiti Most Popular Books Fiction