Date in year · 1973 · The 1970s
December 22, 1973
On December 22, 1973, a Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Tangier-Boukhalef Airport in Tangier, Morocco, killing 106. The year's #1 song was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Bokeem Woodbine, Akon, Charlotta Sörenstam would arrive in the same year.
Featured · December 22, 1973
A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Tangier-Boukhalef Airport in Tangier, Morocco, killing 106.
Royal Air Maroc is the Moroccan national carrier, as well as the country's largest airline, ranking among the largest in Africa.
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Around 1973
The year in brief
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.
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What happened
On December 22, 1973
- 1973 — A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Tangier-Boukhalef Airport in Tangier, Morocco, killing 106.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1973
The class of 1973
Others born in 1973
BW Bokeem Woodbine 1973– American actor
A Akon 1973– Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
CS Charlotta Sörenstam 1973– Swedish golfer
TC Teddy Cobeña 1973– Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
DB Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player HG Haile Gebrselassie 1973– Ethiopian runner
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