November 1973
month of 1973
The following events occurred in November 1973:
November 1, 1973 (Thursday)
The acting Attorney General of the United States, Robert Bork, appointed Leon Jaworski as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor to replace Archibald Cox, who had been fired on orders of U.S. President Nixon on October 20. Jaworski accepted after Nixon pledged that he would not attempt to interfere with the prosecutor's duties, and that he would not fire the prosecutor without a consensus of leaders in the U.S. Congress.
North Korea seized the 10-man crew of the Japanese freighter Shinryu Maru, charging that the boat had "intruded deep into the territorial waters of our country" and that electronic equipment had been found aboard.
On the 17th anniversary of its formation as a state of India, the Mysore State was given its current name, the state of Karnataka. The union territory of The Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, also observing its 17th anniversary, was renamed Lakshadweep.
Waterloo Lutheran University (WLU), located in Waterloo, Ontario in Canada, was renamed Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) in honor of the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who had been Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The name change had been approved by the Waterloo Lutheran board of governors on June 12, 1973. and formally announced a month later
Born: Li Xiaoshuang, Chinese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist in 1992 and 1996; in Xiantao, Hubei province
Died: Ida Silverman, 91, Russian-born Jewish American philanthropist
November 2, 1973 (Friday)
The United Nations General Assembly voted, 93 to 7, to recognize the independence of Guinea-Bissau, the former colony of Portuguese Guinea, which had made a unilateral declaration in September.
The IMCO Conference for Marine Pollution, attended by 665 delegates from 79 countries, ended in London with the adoption of the MARPOL (Marine Pollution) convention.
Moscow police foiled the hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 19 after four armed men took control of the Yak-40 shuttle jet as it was approaching the city of Bryansk on a flight from Moscow.
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