{"id":4180,"date":"2014-07-06T22:09:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T21:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:20:53","slug":"1973-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=4180","title":{"rendered":"Year of the gored ox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, 1973<\/strong>.
\n<\/strong>Richard Nixon is inaugurated for his second term.
\nThe Paris Peace Accords are signed.
\nOhio becomes the first US state to post distance in\u00a0metric on signs.<\/a>\u00a0(How’s that going, Ohi<\/a>o?)<\/p>\n

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Pink Floyd, not satisfied that they have exhausted their creative potential with\u00a0Bike<\/a>, releases The Dark Side of the Moon.
\nThe Godfather wins the best picture Oscar.<\/p>\n

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Picasso<\/a>\u00a0dies.
\nPioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
\nFormer White House aide Alexander Butterfield spills the beans about the president’s greatest hits collection on tape. As Watergate starts simmering, Nixon tells a pack of Associated Press editors “I am not a crook.”
\nO.J. Simpson becomes the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a pro football season; he will offer a similar plea some years later.<\/p>\n

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Elvis Presley’s concert\u00a0Aloha From Hawaii<\/i> is watched by more people via telecast than tuned into the moon landings. He wears the same suit that Buzz Aldrin wore.
\nElizabeth II opens London Bridge III.
\nIDEAL Toys debuts the Evel Knievel stunt-cycle, a best seller.<\/p>\n

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Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in\u00a0the battle of the sexes.
\n<\/a>Wyoming (official nickname: ‘The Equality State’; unofficial nickname: ‘The most perfectly rectangular state after Colorado’) becomes the first state of the union of the year to ratify the ultimately unsuccessful Equal Rights Amendment.
\nPapua New Guinea gives Australia the finger.<\/p>\n

\"thefinger\"<\/a>\u00a0it’s on their flag<\/em><\/p>\n

OPEC doubles the price of crude oil.
\nThe Supremes decide in Roe v. Wade that privacy extends to the womb until the little blighter is feeling viable.
\nThe Young and the Restless debuts on CBS. In Belgium\u00a0Les Feux de l’Amour\u00a0runs 3 years behind, so no spoilers please.
\nThe existence of a 18\u00bd-minute gap is revealed in The Dark Side of the Moon.
\nThe Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched; discovers\u00a0life on Mars.
\n<\/a>The DEA is founded.<\/p>\n

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Tiny Tim\u00a0goes a-wandering<\/a>\u00a0to a bike shop.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Crossposted<\/a>\u00a0as a public service to Generation Y, to help them more fully appreciate the decade which preceded their zygotehood.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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