September 1973

Tuesday 11:

A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende.

Secretariat wins the Marlboro Cup in world record time.

King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match.

Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.

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