1973 in the United States

← → Events from the year 1973 in the United States.

The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade, the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and end of the United States participation in the Vietnam War, the end of the post-World War II boom and the beginning of the first of a series of recessions that continued over the next decade, and the first oil crisis.

[1][2] "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.

Well, I'm not a crook.

eclipse (4,5);

January 20: Richard Nixon , the 37th president of the United States , begins his second term
May 3: Sears Tower is completed
May 14: Skylab is launched
October 10: Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President of the U.S.
December 6: Gerald Ford becomes the 40th U.S. vice president