1973 my uncle David graduates VoTech, uncle Jimmie graduates high school, David & Neenie wed, cousins Donnie & Ronnie born, my parents wed.

• Roe v. Wade supreme court case on abortion – 5 votes
• Last US Servicemen leave Vietnam (Operation Burst of Joy) – 1 vote
• A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War – 2 votes
• Yom Kippur War – 4th and largest Arab-Israeli conflict – 1 vote
• Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns
• Secretariat wins the Triple Crown
• World Trade Center opens in NYC – 3 votes
• Federal Express begins operations – 4 votes
• Skylab launched 1st American space station
• Watergate scandal – 3 votes
• ATM is patented – 1 vote
• National Archives fire in St. Louis, Missouri
• Bruce Lee dies – 1 vote