33 Years Ago

I found some reel to reel tapes in a cupboard. On one tape there was an old news bulletin.

References to the Arab-Israeli or Yom Kippur War fought between Israel and a coalition of Egypt and Syria, striking firemen in Glasgow and a Watergate broadcast by Richard Nixon suggest to me that the bulletin was recorded at 11.00pm on October 25 or 26 1973.

Unfortunately the tape ran out before Nixon made his broadcast.

33 Years Ago

In 1973:
The last American soldier to die in combat in Vietnam, Lt. Col. William B. Nolde, was killed.
The Paris Peace Accord was signed by the U.S., North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the Viet Cong. The U.S. agreed to immediately halt all military activities and withdraw all remaining military personnel within 60 days.
The North Vietnamese agreed to an immediate cease-fire and the release of all American POWs within 60 days.
President Nixon Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica.
In October
Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President and was replaced by Gerald Ford.
A worldwide nuclear alert was caused by the United States during the Yom Kippur war.
Glasgow firemen went on strike for 10 days between October 26 and November 5.
Queen Elizabeth II opened Sydney Opera House.
Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips replaced Angie by the Rolling Stones at number 1 in the Billboard top 100.
Daydreamer by David Cassidy was top of the UK charts.
Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy was at number 1 in Canada.

My liver was 33 years younger and the pop music scene stank - except apparently in Canada.