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  • Vietnam
    Mar, 1973
    Vietnam War

    All US forces personnel were completely withdrawn

    Vietnam
    Mar, 1973

    All US forces personnel were completely withdrawn by March 1973.




  • Iran
    Tuesday Mar 6, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Iran resumes petroleum exports

    Iran
    Tuesday Mar 6, 1973

    Iran resumes petroleum exports.




  • U.S.
    Mar, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    Special Rule No. 1 reimposes mandatory (Phase II) price controls on the 23 largest oil companies

    U.S.
    Mar, 1973

    Special Rule No. 1 reimposes mandatory (Phase II) price controls on the 23 largest oil companies. Smaller companies, representing 5 percent of the market, enjoy uncontrolled prices.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1973
    Vietnam War

    Nixon implied the US would intervene again militarily if the North launched a full offensive

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Mar 15, 1973

    On 15 March 1973, Nixon implied the US would intervene again militarily if the North launched a full offensive, and Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger re-affirmed this position during his June 1973 confirmation hearings.




  • Iran
    Mar, 1973
    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

    Iran
    Mar, 1973

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




  • Vienna, Austria
    Friday Mar 16, 1973
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC discusses raising prices to offset the decline of U.S. dollar value

    Vienna, Austria
    Friday Mar 16, 1973

    OPEC discusses raising prices to offset the decline of U.S. dollar value.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 27, 1973
    Marlon Brando

    1973 Academy Awards ceremony

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 27, 1973

    At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, Brando refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in The Godfather. Sacheen Littlefeather represented him at the ceremony. She appeared in full Apache attire and stated that owing to the "poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry", Brando would not accept the award.


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