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Changed: 1c1
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Changed: 3c3
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s

Changed: 5,7c5
Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Years: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Removed: 10d7


Changed: 21c18,19
*February 11 - [[16 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY.
*January 19 - Federal Appeals Court Judge [William H. Webster]? appointed as Director of the FBI
*February 11 - 16 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY.

Added: 22a21,26
*February 15 - Rhodesia's prime minister [Ian D. Smith]? and three black leaders agree on the transfer to black majority rule.
*March 16 - United States Senate approves the Panama Canal neutrality treaty; votes to turn the canal over to Panama by the year 2000 on April 18.
*March 16 - Former Italian premier [Aldo Moro]? is kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards; he is found dead on May 9.
*June 6 - Californians in referendum approve Proposition 13 for a nearly 60% slash in property tax revenues.
*June 28 - The United States Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
*August 6 - Pope [Paul VI]? dies at age of 80. The new Pope, [John Paul I]?, age 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office on September 28. He is succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II on October 16.

Changed: 24,27c28,29
*October - John Paul II becomes pope
* Argentina wins Football World Cup on home ground


*Argentina wins Football World Cup on home ground
*November 18 - Reverend [Jim Jones]?'s followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown?, Guyana.

Added: 28a31,32
Sport
*January 15 - Super Bowl XII Dallas Cowboys (27) def. Denver Broncos (10)

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983


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