1973 oil crisis - 1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed
Time: Tuesday Jan 23, 1973
Place: Iran
Details: Shah of Iran announces that the 1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed when it expires in 1979. The consortium was formed in 1954 as a means to settle a dispute between a new ministry in Iran and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC). The consortium included Standard Oil of New Jersey, Standard Oil of California, SOCONY-Vacuum, the Texas Company, Gulf, Royal Dutch-Shell, the Compagnie Francaise de Petroles, and the AIOC.
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Holy Roman Empire-Ferdinand II of Aragon death
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Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States
 Tuesday Jan 23, 1849  - U.S.


Second Boer War-Battle of Spion Kop
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World War II-Battle of Rabaul
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Alan Turing-Turing's House was Burgled
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Indira Gandhi-The Prime Minister of India
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Nicaraguan Revolution-A General Strike Called For The End of The Somoza Regime
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Salvador Dali-Death
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Java (programming language)-Java 1.0
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Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (2000)
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Mohamed Salah-To Chelsea
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KFC-Malaysia
 Monday Jan 1, 1973  - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Brexit-UK joined Denmark and Ireland in becoming a member
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Joe Biden-Biden was sworn in by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center
 Friday Jan 5, 1973  - Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.


1973 oil crisis-U.S. Phase III price controls begin
 Thursday Jan 11, 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-President Nixon suspends the mandatory oil import quota on No. 2 heating oil through April 30
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Johan Cruyff-European Super Cup
 Wednesday Jan 24, 1973  - Amsterdam, Netherlands


Vietnam War-Paris Peace Accords
 Saturday Jan 27, 1973  - Paris, France


Vietnam War-The War of the flags
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1973


Assyria-Erishum I
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Education
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IKEA-The First Store outside Scandinavia
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Silvio Berlusconi-TeleMilano
 1973  - Milan, Italy


Christine Lagarde-Graduated
 1973  - Paris, France


Magdi Yacoub-Returning to England
 1973  - Harefield, Greater London, England


Warren Buffett-The Washington Post Company
 1973  - Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.


Martin Bormann-Facial Reconstruction was Undertaken on both Skulls
 1973  - West Germany


KFC-Malaysia
 Monday Jan 1, 1973  - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Brexit-UK joined Denmark and Ireland in becoming a member
 Monday Jan 1, 1973  - Brussels, Belgium


Slobodan Milošević-The Tehnogas company chairman
 1973  - Serbia


Robin Williams-Full scholarship to the Juilliard School
 1973  - New York, U.S.


Microprocessor-Introducing The First Multi-chip 16-bit Microprocessor
 1973  - California, U.S.


Linux-Unix rewritten
 1973  - New Jersey, U.S.


Bernard Arnault-Marriage
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Ted Bundy-Bundy was accepted into the law schools of UPS
 1973  - Seattle, Washington, U.S.


Joe Biden-Biden was sworn in by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center
 Friday Jan 5, 1973  - Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.


1973 oil crisis-U.S. Phase III price controls begin
 Thursday Jan 11, 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-US production had declined to 16% of global output
 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-President Nixon suspends the mandatory oil import quota on No. 2 heating oil through April 30
 Wednesday Jan 17, 1973  - U.S.


Donald Trump-Profiles of Trump
 1973  - New York, U.S.


Johan Cruyff-European Super Cup
 Wednesday Jan 24, 1973  - Amsterdam, Netherlands


Vietnam War-Paris Peace Accords
 Saturday Jan 27, 1973  - Paris, France


Vietnam War-The War of the flags
 Sunday Jan 28, 1973  - Vietnam


Warren Buffett-Friendship With Katharine Graham
 1973  - Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.


Internet-(NORSAR)
 1973  - Sweden


Internet-CYCLADES
 1973  - France


Internet-Fundamental Reformulation
 1973  - Stanford, California, U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Iraq and IPC reach an agreement on compensation for nationalization
 Wednesday Feb 28, 1973  - Iraq


Vietnam War-All US forces personnel were completely withdrawn
 Mar, 1973  - Vietnam


1973 oil crisis-Iran resumes petroleum exports
 Tuesday Mar 6, 1973  - Iran


1973 oil crisis-Special Rule No. 1 reimposes mandatory (Phase II) price controls on the 23 largest oil companies
 Mar, 1973  - U.S.


Vietnam War-Nixon implied the US would intervene again militarily if the North launched a full offensive
 Thursday Mar 15, 1973  - Washington D.C., U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Shah of Iran and Consortium members agree to nationalize all assets immediately in return for an assured 20-year supply of Iranian oil
 Mar, 1973  - Iran


1973 oil crisis-OPEC discusses raising prices to offset the decline of U.S. dollar value
 Friday Mar 16, 1973  - Vienna, Austria


Marlon Brando-1973 Academy Awards ceremony
 Tuesday Mar 27, 1973  - Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Mobile Phones-The First Mobile Telephone Call From Handheld Subscriber Equipment
 Tuesday Apr 3, 1973  - Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.


Pablo Picasso-Death
 Sunday Apr 8, 1973  - Mougins, France


1973 oil crisis-Nixon announced the end of the quota system
 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-U.S. Government ends Mandatory Oil Import Program
 Apr, 1973  - U.S.

Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was arrested
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Pope Francis-Final vow in Jesuit
 Sunday Apr 22, 1973  - Spain


Freddie Mercury-"I Can Hear Music" and "Goin' Back"
 1973  - England, United Kingdom


Johan Cruyff-Third European Cup
 Wednesday May 30, 1973  - Belgrade, Serbia


1973 oil crisis-Eight OPEC countries raise posted prices by 11.9 percent
 Friday Jun 1, 1973  - Vienna, Austria


1973 oil crisis-Nixon administration imposes a 60-day economy-wide price freeze
 Thursday Jun 14, 1973  - U.S.


James Bond-Live and Let Die
 Wednesday Jun 27, 1973  - United Kingdom and U.S.


Richard Nixon-Alexander Butterfield's Testimony  under oath to Congress
 Jul, 1973  - Washington D.C., U.S.


Ted Bundy-Bundy rekindled his relationship with Brooks
 1973  - California, U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Libya nationalizes 51 percent of Occidental Petroleum concession and of the Oasis consortium
 Aug, 1973  - Libya


KFC-The Middle East
 1973  - Middle East


Johan Cruyff-To Barcelona
 Monday Aug 13, 1973  - Barcelona, Spain


Celine Dion-The first public appearance
 Monday Aug 13, 1973  - Quebec, Canada


Computer animation-Westworld
 Saturday Aug 18, 1973  - U.S.


Johan Cruyff-Last match with Ajax
 Sunday Aug 19, 1973  - Amsterdam, Netherlands


1973 oil crisis-Two-tier price ceiling
 Sunday Aug 19, 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Motorists faced long lines at gas stations
 1973  - U.S.


Bill Gates-Enrolled in Harverd
 Sep, 1973  - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.


International Monetary Fund-Johan Witteveen
 Saturday Sep 1, 1973  - Washington D.C., U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Libya nationalizes 51 percent of nine other companies' concessions
 Saturday Sep 1, 1973  - Libya


World Trade Organization-Tokyo Round
 Sep, 1973  - Tokyo, Japan


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Colin Tennant introduced Margaret to Roddy Llewellyn
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Atari, Inc.-Joe Keenan circumvent
 1973  - Sunnyvale, California, United States


Indira Gandhi-The 1973 Oil Crisis
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Ted Bundy-Bundy matriculated at UPS Law School
 1973  - Seattle, Washington, U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Egypt attacked the Bar-Lev Line in the Sinai Peninsula
 Saturday Oct 6, 1973  - Egypt


1973 oil crisis-Iraq nationalizes Exxon and Mobil shares in Basrah Petroleum Company representing 23.75 percent equity
 Sunday Oct 7, 1973  - Iraq


1973 oil crisis-Gulf Six unilaterally raise the posted price of Saudi Light marker crude 17 percent from $3.12 to $3.65 per barrel
 Monday Oct 8, 1973  - Arabian Peninsula


Bob Marley-Releasing the Album Burnin'
 Tuesday Oct 9, 1973  - U.S.


Richard Branson-First release for Virgin Records
 1973  - London, England, United Kingdom


1973 oil crisis-Operation Nickel Grass
 Friday Oct 12, 1973  - Sinai, Egypt


1973 oil crisis-Arab oil producers cut production by 5% and instituted an oil embargo against Israel's allies
 Wednesday Oct 17, 1973  - Middle East


1973 oil crisis-OPEC oil ministers agree to use oil weapon in Arab-Israeli War
 Wednesday Oct 17, 1973  - Vienna, Austria


1973 oil crisis-Saudi Arabia, Libya, and other Arab states proclaim an embargo on oil exports to the United States
 Oct, 1973  - K.S.A., and Arabian Peninsula


James Bond-BBC documentary Omnibus
 1973  - London, England, United Kingdom


Xerox-The first commercial non-impact printer was the Xerox 1200
 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Arab oil ministers cancel the scheduled 5 percent cut in production for EEC
 Sunday Nov 18, 1973  - Middle East


1973 oil crisis-Embargo extended to Portugal, Rhodesia, and South Africa
 Nov, 1973  - Rabat, Morocco


1973 oil crisis-Nixon signs the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA)
 Tuesday Nov 27, 1973  - U.S.


David Ben-Gurion-Death
 Saturday Dec 1, 1973  - Ramat Gan, Israel


1973 oil crisis-Production had been cut to 25% of September levels
 Dec, 1973  - K.S.A.


DC Comics-The Line of DC Super-Stars
 Dec, 1973  - U.S.


Nobel Prize-Second to refuse the prize
 Dec, 1973  - Oslo, Norway


1973 oil crisis-Nixon named William E. Simon as the first Administrator of the Federal Energy Office
 Tuesday Dec 4, 1973  - U.S.


1973 oil crisis-Arab oil ministers announced a further production cut of 5 percent for January for non-friendly countries
 Sunday Dec 9, 1973  - Middle East


1973 oil crisis-Rationing led to violent incidents when truck drivers chose to strike for two days
 Dec, 1973  - U.S.


Disasters with highest death tolls-1973 Dhaka Tornado
 1973  - Bangladesh


1973 oil crisis-OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel
 Saturday Dec 22, 1973  - Vienna, Austria


1973 oil crisis-Japan was hard hit
 1973  - Japan


1973 oil crisis-Series of strikes by coal miners
 1973  - United Kingdom


Carlos the Jackal-Failed assassination
 Sunday Dec 30, 1973  - Queen's Grove, St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom


Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1973
 1973  - Vietnam


Nintendo-Magnavox Odyssey video game console
 1973  - Kyoto, Japan

