Editing 1973 (section)

===October===
{{main|October 1973}}
[[File:Sydney Opera House Sails.jpg|thumb|[[October 20]]: [[Sydney Opera House]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]]]]
* [[October 6]] – [[Yom Kippur War]] begins: The fourth and largest [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] begins, as [[Egypt]]ian and [[Syria]]n forces attack Israeli forces in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Golan Heights]] on [[Yom Kippur]].
* [[October 10]] – [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns as [[Vice President of the United States]].
* [[October 14]] – [[1973 Thai popular uprising|Thai popular uprising]]: Students revolt in Bangkok – In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government, 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
* [[October 15]] – [[1973 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ruth .28Narsing.29|Typhoon Ruth]] crosses [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], killing 27 people and causing $5&nbsp;million in damage.
* [[October 17]] – An [[OPEC]] oil embargo against several countries supporting Israel triggers the [[1973 energy crisis]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[October 20]]
** The [[Saturday Night Massacre]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders Attorney General [[Elliot Richardson]] to dismiss [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Special Prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]]. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General [[William Ruckelshaus]]. Solicitor General [[Robert Bork]], third in line at the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], then fires Cox. The event prompts calls for Nixon's impeachment.
** The [[Sydney Opera House]] in Australia is opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] after 14 years of construction work.
[[File:Bosphorus Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[October 30]]: The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] is opened by [[Turkish President]] [[Fahri Korutürk]]]]
* [[October 25]] – The [[Yom Kippur War]] ends.
* [[October 26]] – The [[United Nations]] recognizes the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]].
* [[October 30]] – The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait for the first time in history.