      ==events== ===january=== * january 20 &ndash; the general dynamics f-16 fighting falcon makes its first flight at edwards air force base, california. * january 26 &ndash; bÃ¼lent ecevit, of chp forms the new government of turkey (37th government, partner msp). ===february=== * february 1 ** fire breaks out in the joelma building in sÃ£o paulo, brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries. ** kuala lumpur, the capital of malaysia, is declared a federal territory. * february 8 &ndash; after a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of skylab 4 returns to earth. * february 17 &ndash; a soccer stampede occurs in cairo, killing 49. ===march=== * march 3 &ndash; turkish airlines flight 981 travelling from paris to london crashes in a wood near paris, killing all 346 aboard. * march 4 ** following a hung parliament in the united kingdom general election, conservative prime minister edward heath resigns and is succeeded by labour's harold wilson, who previously led the country from 1964 to 1970. ** people magazine's first issue released in the u.s. mia farrow is on the cover. * march 8 &ndash; charles de gaulle airport opens in paris, france. * march 10 &ndash; japanese holdout: a japanese world war ii soldier, second lieutenant hiroo onoda, surrenders in the philippines. * march 18 &ndash; end of 1973 oil crisis: most opec nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the united states, europe and japan. * march 29 &ndash; the terracotta army of qin shi huang is discovered at xi'an, china. ===april=== april â the world population reaches 4 billion people estimated by the united states census bureau. * april 2 &ndash; french president georges pompidou, dies of cancer at 63. alain poher succeeds him immediately; valÃ©ry giscard d'estaing wins the presidential contest in may 1974. * april 3&ndash;4 &ndash; an enormous tornado outbreak strikes the central parts of the u
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