1973

Events

 * January 27 - The Paris Peace Accords, formally titled the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam," intended to halt the fighting between North and South Vietnam and end U.S. military involvement in the war were signed in Paris. The governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the United States, as well as the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) that represented indigenous South Vietnamese revolutionaries (the Viet Cong) signed the agreement. The U.S. agreed to withdraw its remaining military personnel from South Vietnam within 60 days. North Vietnam agreed to a cease fire and to return all American prisoners of war. North Vietnam was permitted to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam.
 * April - Nixon said that he did not know about the planning of the Watergate break-in or covering it up. At that time, Nixon fired his lawyer John Dean, Other Nixon aides resigned and others quit their jobs for Richard Nixon.
 * November 17 - President Nixon told Americans, "I'm not a crook." He wanted Americans to think that he was innocent in the Watergate case.

Villains births

 * July 31 - Candace Harbin


 * October 8 - Vester Lee Flanagan
 * October 21 - Caleb Fairley

Deaths

 * August 1 - Walter Ulbricht
 * August 8 - Dean Corll