WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1973
Find out what all happened February to March 1973

Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Odisha, India. (9. February 1973)

Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108. (21. February 1973)

Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. (22. February 1973)

Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. (29. March 1973)

Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. (29. March 1973)

Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles. (24. March 1973)

Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place. (11. February 1973)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family. (17. March 1973)

Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages. (1. March 1973)

The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota. (27. February 1973)