October 1973

Friday 05:

Signature of the European Patent Convention

Saturday 06:

The Crossing: 80,000 Egyptian troops cross the Suez Canal, starting the Yom Kippur War.

Wednesday 10:

Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.

Sunday 14:

1973 - Thailand's University Students protest for a democratic government; 77 are killed and 857 Injured

Tuesday 16:

Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Wednesday 17:

OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria

Friday 19:

President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.

Saturday 20:

The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC.

Sunday 21:

John Paul Getty III's ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.

Tuesday 23:

Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal.

Wednesday 24:

Yom Kippur War ends

Saturday 27:

The Canyon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.