The Year Is 1973

Another remote episode so that the podcast can be an accessory to enabling a known Redophile to go and live it up in Thailand. Thanks to a suggestion from Kelly we have gone to 1973 when boxer George Foreman floors Joe Frazier to win the Heavyweight Championship of the World and then go on to be the king of celebrity endorsements with the George Foreman Grill / Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine, The Godfather wins Best Picture at the Oscars, O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills becomes the first running back in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in pro football season and afterwards is never heard of again, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces a peace accord has been reached in the Vietnam War, and Dick of the Year King Mohammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his own cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of 1973? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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