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| 1973, Jan |
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| VIETNAM PEACE AGREEMENT was signed in Paris by representatives of North and South Vietnam, the United States, and the Viet Cong. Considerable fighting continued in the broader region, but a second agreement strengthening the cease-fire was signed in June. | 1 |
| International monetary instability continued throughout the year. Japan permitted the yen to float (Feb.) | 2 |
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| March |
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| Treaty outlawing trade in endangered species is signed by 80 countries in Washington. | 3 |
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| Mar.–May |
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| American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee in South Dakota, protesting the U.S. government's treatment of Native Americans and demanding rights and recognition. | 4 |
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| Sept |
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| Fourth Conference of Non-Aligned Nations, in Algiers, urged the establishment of a new world economic order. | 5 |
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| Oct.–Dec |
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| FOURTH ARAB-ISRAELI WAR. Egypt and Syria attacked territories occupied by Israel during the 1967 war in a new war that was costly to both sides and ended in an unstable cease-fire established under pressure from the Soviet Union and the United States. Arab petroleum-exporting countries placed an EMBARGO ON OIL SHIPMENTS to the United States, Western Europe, and Japan in retaliation for their support of Israel. The unstable oil situation resulted in shortages and price increases throughout the world. The immediate crisis ended with the convening of a peace conference between Israel and Arab states in Geneva (Dec.). | 6 |
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