WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1973
Find out what all happened October to December 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)

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)

The Cañon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite, strikes in Fremont County, Colorado. (27. October 1973)

In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government; 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers. (14. October 1973)

Yom Kippur War ends. (24. October 1973)

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

A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months. (24. November 1973)

Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War. (6. October 1973)

District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. (24. December 1973)

The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time. (30. October 1973)

Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game. (21. October 1973)

President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes. (19. October 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)

John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10. (15. December 1973)

Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. (18. December 1973)

George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. (25. November 1973)

Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion. (10. October 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)

The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. (17. November 1973)

The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid. (20. December 1973)