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  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Monday Jan 1, 1973
    KFC

    Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Monday Jan 1, 1973

    the Malaysian KFC traces its origin from 1 January 1973, from its first outlet in Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur. Now, there exist more than 700 KFC outlets.




  • Brussels, Belgium
    Monday Jan 1, 1973
    Brexit

    UK joined Denmark and Ireland in becoming a member

    Brussels, Belgium
    Monday Jan 1, 1973

    Parliament passed the European Communities Act later that year and the UK joined Denmark and Ireland in becoming a member on 1 January 1973.




  • Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973
    Joe Biden

    Biden was sworn in by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center

    Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Friday Jan 5, 1973

    Biden was sworn in on January 5, 1973, by the secretary of the Senate Francis R. Valeo at the Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center. Present were his sons Beau (whose leg was still in traction from the automobile accident) and Hunter and other family members. At 30, he was the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 11, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    U.S. Phase III price controls begin

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 11, 1973

    U.S. Phase III price controls begin. Allows for voluntary instead of mandatory price control on all U.S. prices. This does not prevent a sharp rise in heating oil prices caused by a severe winter and shortage of products.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 17, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    President Nixon suspends the mandatory oil import quota on No. 2 heating oil through April 30

    U.S.
    Wednesday Jan 17, 1973

    President Nixon suspends the mandatory oil import quota on No. 2 heating oil through April 30.




  • Iran
    Tuesday Jan 23, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed

    Iran
    Tuesday Jan 23, 1973

    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.




  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Wednesday Jan 24, 1973
    Johan Cruyff

    European Super Cup

    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Wednesday Jan 24, 1973

    In January 1973, they won the European Super Cup by beating Rangers 3–1 away and 3–2 in Amsterdam. The first leg was played on 16 January 1973 and the second on 24 January 1973.


  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 27, 1973
    Vietnam War

    Paris Peace Accords

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 27, 1973

    On 15 January 1973, all U.S. combat activities were suspended. Lê Đức Thọ and Henry Kissinger, along with the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG, the Viet Cong's government) Foreign Minister Nguyễn Thị Bình and a reluctant President Thiệu, signed the Paris Peace Accords on 27 January 1973.


  • Vietnam
    Sunday Jan 28, 1973
    Vietnam War

    The War of the flags

    Vietnam
    Sunday Jan 28, 1973

    In the lead-up to the ceasefire on 28 January, both sides attempted to maximize the land and population under their control in a campaign known as the War of the flags, fighting continued after the ceasefire, this time without US participation and continued throughout the year.


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