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

    Death

    Ramat Gan, Israel
    Saturday Dec 1, 1973

    On 18 November 1973, Ben-Gurion suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and was taken to Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan. During the first week following the stroke, he received visits from many high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Golda Meir. His condition began deteriorating on 23 November, and he died on 1 December at age 87.




  • K.S.A.
    Dec, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Production had been cut to 25% of September levels

    K.S.A.
    Dec, 1973

    Saudi Arabia only consented to the embargo after Nixon's promise of $2.2 billion in military aid to Israel. The embargo was accompanied by gradual monthly production cuts—by December, production had been cut to 25% of September levels.




  • U.S.
    Dec, 1973
    DC Comics

    The Line of DC Super-Stars

    U.S.
    Dec, 1973

    In December 1973, this logo was modified with the addition of the words "The Line of DC Super-Stars" and the star motif that would continue in later logos. This logo was placed in the top center of the cover from August 1975 to October 1976.




  • Oslo, Norway
    Dec, 1973
    Nobel Prize

    Second to refuse the prize

    Oslo, Norway
    Dec, 1973

    Lê Đức Thọ, chosen for the 1973 Peace Prize for his role in the Paris Peace Accords, declined, stating that there was no actual peace in Vietnam.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 4, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Nixon named William E. Simon as the first Administrator of the Federal Energy Office

    U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 4, 1973

    In 1973, Nixon named William E. Simon as the first Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, a short-term organization created to coordinate the response to the embargo. Simon allocated states the same amount of domestic oil for 1974 that each had consumed in 1972, which worked for states whose populations were not increasing.




  • Middle East
    Sunday Dec 9, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Arab oil ministers announced a further production cut of 5 percent for January for non-friendly countries

    Middle East
    Sunday Dec 9, 1973

    Arab oil ministers announced a further production cut of 5 percent for January for non-friendly countries.




  • U.S.
    Dec, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Rationing led to violent incidents when truck drivers chose to strike for two days

    U.S.
    Dec, 1973

    Rationing led to violent incidents when truck drivers chose to strike for two days in December 1973 over the limited supplies that Simon had allocated for their industry.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Dec 22, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel

    Vienna, Austria
    Saturday Dec 22, 1973

    OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel effective January 1, 1974.


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

    Failed assassination

    Queen's Grove, St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom
    Sunday Dec 30, 1973

    In 1973, Carlos conducted a failed PFLP assassination attempt on Joseph Sieff, a Jewish businessman and vice president of the British Zionist Federation. On 30 December, Carlos called on Sieff's home on Queen's Grove in St John's Wood and ordered the maid to take him to Sieff. Finding Sieff in the bathroom, in his bath, Carlos fired one bullet at Sieff from his Tokarev 7.62mm pistol, which bounced off Sieff just between his nose and upper lip and knocked him unconscious; the gun then jammed and Carlos fled.


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