WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1973
Find out what all happened October to November 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)

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)

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)

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)

The Sydney Opera House opens. (20. October 1973)

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

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

Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion. (10. October 1973)

The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD. (8. November 1973)

The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations. (23. October 1973)

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

Signature of the European Patent Convention. (5. October 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)

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)

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

The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters. (4. November 1973)

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

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