Historical Events in March 1973

Mar 1 Pink Floyd release their album "Dark Side of the Moon", since sold over 45 million copies

Mar 7 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh

Mar 8 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest and US longest, opens 60km west of Denver, Colorado

Mar 8 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis

Mar 14 Future US senator John McCain is released after spending over five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp

Mar 16 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Consortium members agree to nationalize all assets immediately in return for an assured 20-year supply of Iranian oil

Mar 17 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge

Mar 20 Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash

Mar 21 Montreal Canadiens' left wing Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHL player to score 500 goals

Mar 23 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in USA

Mar 26 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; Bruins' 7th straight title; future Hall of Fame center Bill Walton tournament MOP for 2nd consecutive year

Mar 27 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding and LSD possession

Mar 27 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win. Marlon Brando then turns down the Oscar for best actor to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in film.

Mar 29 Boston Celtic Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP

Mar 31 Muhammad Ali suffers a broken jaw in a shock split-points decision loss to Ken Norton over 12 rounds in San Diego; Ali wins rematch in another controversial split decision

Mar 31 Boston Bruins defenceman Bobby Orr scores his 3rd career hat trick in a 7-3 loss at Toronto to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points for 4 straight seasons

Mar 31 American tennis star Billie Jean King ends Australian Margaret Court's 57-match winning streak 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in semi finals of the WTA event in Indianapolis, IN