1973

CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner. It was 3.2 million dollars more than CBS bought the Yankees for.

Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii is watched by over a billion people live worldwide.

Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion

Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dies at his Stonewall, Texas ranch leaving no former U.S. President living until the resignation of Richard M. Nixon in 1974.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, one of rock's landmark albums, is released.

The first handheld cellular phone call made by Martin Cooper, who conceived the phone, in New York City.

The Sears Tower in Chicago is finished, becoming the world's tallest building.

Secretariat wins the Kentucky Derby.

Secretariat wins the Preakness Stakes.

Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner since 1948.

Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

The Battle of the Sexes: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills became the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a pro football season.

Deaths:
Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (b. 1908)
Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
Bruce Lee, Chinese American martial artist and actor (b. 1940)
J.R.R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
Jim Croce, American songwriter (b. 1943)
Bobby Darin, American singer (b. 1936)