Editing 1973 (section)

===August===
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[[image:Flag of CARICOM.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of CARICOM]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Caribbean Community and Common Market]] (CARICOM) is inaugurated.
* [[August 2]] – A flash fire kills 51 at the [[Summerland disaster|Summerland]] amusement centre at [[Douglas, Isle of Man]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-23449990 |title=Isle of Man 'Shame' over Summerland Fire Disaster |access-date=August 5, 2017 |newspaper=BBC News |date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** [[Black September Organization|Black September]] members open fire at the [[Athens]] airport; 3 people are killed, 55 injured.
** [[Mars 6]], also known as 3MP No. 50P, is launched by the Soviet Union to explore Mars. 
* [[August 8]] – South Korean politician [[Kim Dae-jung]] is kidnapped in Tokyo by the [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|KCIA]].
* [[August 15]] – The U.S. bombing of [[Cambodia]] ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the [[Case–Church Amendment]]-an act that prohibits military operations in [[Laos]], Cambodia, and [[North Vietnam|North]] and [[South Vietnam|South]] [[Vietnam]] as a follow-up of the [[Paris Peace Accords]]. 
* [[August 23]] – The [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] occurs, famous for the origin of the term [[Stockholm syndrome]].
* [[August 25]] – [[Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon]]: Two Australian girls go missing whilst attending an Australian rules football match at the [[Adelaide Oval]], never to be seen again.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.milesago.com/almanac/1973.htm#August |title=MILESAGO - The Almanac - Australasian popular music, pop culture and social history 1964-1975 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>