WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1973
Find out what all happened September to November 1973

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture. (19. September 1973)

Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. (1. November 1973)

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. (24. September 1973)

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. (3. November 1973)

The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. (7. November 1973)

Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. (16. November 1973)

"Saturday Night Massacre": President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork. (20. October 1973)

Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard. (31. October 1973)

The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations. (18. September 1973)

Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed. (8. October 1973)

The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded. (22. November 1973)

Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule. (8. October 1973)

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. (20. September 1973)

Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387 to 35). (27. November 1973)

In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. (14. November 1973)

OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria. (17. October 1973)

Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (16. October 1973)

The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu. (1. November 1973)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura. (2. November 1973)

The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11, 1973 coup d'état in Chile. (28. September 1973)

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