Editing 1973 (section)

===March===
{{main|March 1973}}
* [[March 8]] – [[The Troubles]]: A [[1973 Northern Ireland border poll|referendum]] is held in [[Northern Ireland]] over whether to reunite with the Republic of Ireland or to stay a part of the UK. The result was 98% remain. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] responds to the referendum by planting four car bombs in London on the same day, [[1973 Old Bailey bombing|two of which went off]], causing one death and injuring over 200 people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-1973-border-poll-on-the-future-of-northern-ireland-that-time-has-forgotten/42021153.html |title=The 1973 border poll on the future of Northern Ireland that time has forgotten |newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – Sir [[Richard Sharples]], Governor of [[Bermuda]], is assassinated outside Government House, along with his aide-de-camp.<ref>{{cite book |author=Oliver Lindsay |title=Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards, 1945-1995 |publisher=Leo Cooper |year=1996 |isbn=9780850525267 |page=249}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – [[Comet Kohoutek]] is discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McElheny |first1=Victor |title=Discoverer of Comet: Lubas Kohoutek |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 January 1974 |location=New York |page=61 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706222651/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – A British government White Paper on [[Northern Ireland]] proposes the re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
* [[March 21]] – The [[Lofthouse Colliery disaster]] occurs in Great Britain. Seven miners are trapped underground; none survive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lofthouse Colliery Disaster |date=January 2003 |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/lofthouse_colliery_disaster.shtml |access-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – At the 45th Academy Awards, ''[[The Godfather]]'' wins best picture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |title=45th Academy Awards Winners {{pipe}} Oscar Legacy {{pipe}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223052018/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>