       ==events== ===january=== * january 1 ** the united kingdom, the republic of ireland and denmark enter the european economic community, which later becomes the european union. ** cbs sells the new york yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by george steinbrenner (3.2 million dollars less than cbs bought the yankees for). *january 5 â american rock band aerosmith releases their debut album. * january 7 â mark essex kills 9 people at the howard johnson's hotel in downtown new orleans. * january 14 ** elvis presley's concert in hawaii is the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer, that is watched by more people than watched the apollo moon landings. ** super bowl vii: the miami dolphins defeat the washington redskins, 14â7, at the los angeles memorial coliseum, to complete the nfl's first perfect season in front of 90,182 fans. * january 15 â vietnam war: citing progress in peace negotiations, u.s. president richard nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in north vietnam. * january 17 â ferdinand marcos becomes president for life of the philippines. * january 18 â eleven labour party councillors in clay cross, derbyshire, england, are ordered to pay Â£6,985 for not enforcing the housing finance act. * january 20 â u.s. president richard nixon is inaugurated for his second term. * january 21 â the communist league is founded in denmark. * january 22 ** roe v. wade: the u.s. supreme court overturns state bans on abortion. ** george foreman defeats joe frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** a royal jordanian boeing 707 flight from jeddah crashes in kano, nigeria; 176 people are killed. ** former u.s. president lyndon b. johnson dies at his stonewall, texas ranch, leaving no former u.s. president living until the resignation of richard nixon in 1974. ** the crew of apollo 17 addresses a joint session of congress after the completion of the final apollo moon landing mission. * january 23 ** eldfell on the icelandic island of heimaey erupts. ** u.s. president richard nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in vietnam. * january 25 â english actor derren nesbitt is convicted of assaulting his wife anne aubrey. * january 27 â u.s. involvement in the vietnam war ends with the signing of the paris peace accords. * january 31 â pan american and trans world airlines cancelled their options to buy 13 concorde airliners. ===february===
1973