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- From top to bottom, left to right: the 1973 oil crisis begins as OPEC imposes an embargo, triggering global energy shortages and economic turmoil; the Yom Kippur War breaks out as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel during the Jewish holy day, reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics; the 1973 Chilean coup d'état overthrows President Salvador Allende and installs Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship; the Saturday Night Massacre sees President Richard Nixon fire top Justice Department officials during the Watergate scandal, escalating calls for his resignation; the Paris Peace Accords are signed, officially ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War; the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion nationwide, sparking decades of political and cultural debate; Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to reach Jupiter; the Athens Polytechnic uprising erupts in Greece against the military junta, ending in a violent crackdown; and Skylab is launched, becoming the United States’ first space station. (en)
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