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Australia in 1973

Historical records for Australia in 1973, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
4Events
3Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

April

21 April 1973Death of Arthur William FaddenArthur William Fadden

Toowong · Politics / Country Party

Death of Arthur William Fadden

May

9 May 1973International Court of JusticeGough Whitlam

Warfare / Nuclear

Australia and New Zealand institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against French atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

9 May 1973Nuclear PowerGough Whitlam

Warfare / Nuclear

Australia and New Zealand institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against French atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

June

22 June 1973International Court of JusticeGough Whitlam

Warfare / Nuclear

The International Court of Justice, at the request of Australia and New Zealand, states that France should avoid nuclear tests causing radioactive fall-out in the South Pacific

22 June 1973Nuclear PowerGough Whitlam

Warfare / Nuclear

The International Court of Justice, at the request of Australia and New Zealand, states that France should avoid nuclear tests causing radioactive fall-out in the South Pacific

Other Events

1973Four Laws of Black Hole MechanicsBrandon Carter

Science / Physics

With James Bardeen and Stephen Hawking, formulates the four laws of black hole mechanics and their analogy with thermodynamics.

Names involved

Arthur William FaddenBrandon CarterGough Whitlam

Places involved

Toowong

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.