1973
Jan 17

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Argues Her First Case Before Supreme Court

Jan 22

A Constitutional Right to an Abortion: “Roe v. Wade”

Jan 29

Emily Howell Warner: First Female Pilot for a Commercial Airline

Jan 30

Watergate Burglary Leaders Convicted; Scandal Deepens

Feb 1

“Civil Liberties for Children:” NYCLU Sues NY State Over Detention of Children

Feb 4

“Women’s Lobby” Adjusts Lobbying Priorities in the Wake of “Roe”

Mar 2

George Carlin Records Famous “Seven Dirty Words” Monologue

Mar 10

Stewardesses for Women’s Rights Hold 2-Day Conference

Mar 20

Roberto Clemente First Latino Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Mar 21

“A Cancer on the Presidency:” John Dean Warns President Nixon of Growing Watergate Scandal

Mar 23

U.S. Orders Beatle John Lennon Out of U.S. Within 60 Days

Mar 27

Marlon Brando Refuses Oscar; Supports Native-American Rights

May 7

The “Family Jewels:” CIA Director Orders Full Report on CIA Misdeeds

May 8

War on Drugs Really Begins: NY Rockefeller Drug Laws Enacted

May 11

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo Because of Government Misconduct

May 14

Equal Protection for Women: “Frontiero v. Richardson”

May 16

“Anything the NSA Did is Totally Defensible” — President Nixon

May 18

Jeanette Rankin, First Woman Elected to Congress, Voted Against Both WWI and WWII, Dies at Age 93

Jun 21

Help Wanted: Sex-Segregated Want Ads Unconstitutional

Jun 21

Supreme Court Develops “Miller Test” on Obscenity

Jun 27

Reporter Daniel Schorr Reads Nixon’s “Enemies List” on National TV – Finds His Own Name on It

Jul 16

Secret White House Taping System Revealed – Tapes Lead to Nixon’s Resignation

Jul 25

Federal Judge Orders Halt to U.S. Military Actions in Cambodia

Aug 4

Supreme Court Refuses to Halt U.S. Military Operations in Cambodia

Aug 15

ACLU Backs Klan’s Right to Meet in Public Park

Sep 26

Rights of the Disabled: Congress Passes Rehabilitation Act

Oct 20

“Saturday Night Massacre” – Watergate Scandal Deepens

Oct 30

Cover Your Ears! George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words Broadcast

Nov 7

Congress Overrides Nixon Veto – Passes War Powers Resolution

Nov 7

New Jersey Civil Rights Division Rules Little League Must Admit Girls

Nov 10

Lambda Legal Defense Fund Holds First Formal Meeting

Nov 10

North Dakota School Burns Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five”

Nov 12

Airline Stewardesses Win Sweeping Discrimination Suit

Nov 17

President Nixon: “I Am Not a Crook”

Dec 6

NBC Reporter Carl Stern Reveals Secret FBI COINTELPRO Documents

Dec 15

American Psychiatric Association: Homosexuality Not a “Mental Illness”

Dec 24

Democracy for DC! Washington, D.C. Home Rule Act Passed

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