December 1973

Saturday 01:

Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.

Monday 03:

Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

Sunday 16:

O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for 2000 yards in one season.

Monday 17:

The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.

Tuesday 18:

The Soyuz 13 was launched.

Sunday 23:

A Sobelair Caravelle passenger jet crashes in Morocco, killing 106

Tuesday 25:

The ARPANET crashes when a programming bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze.

Wednesday 26:

Soyuz 13 lands

Friday 28:

Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago.