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Events that occurred in the year **1973 CE**.

## Events

### January

* **January 22nd:** Former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson dies.

### March

* **March 29th:** The last remaining American troops are withdrawn from Vietnam, including Thunderbolt Ross, who is 27 years old. Following his return to the US, Ross refocuses his attentions on the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project, spearheaded by Dr. David Banner.

### August

* **August 21st:** Upon discovering evidence of David Banner's human trials, Thunderbolt Ross shut him out of the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project. Following this development, the project is soon rendered defunct.
* **August 22nd:**
	+ Angered at Ross's betrayal, David Banner activates Desert Base's experimental Gamma Bomb before rushing home to kill his young son Bruce, believing him to carry a genetic mutation which will eventually render him dangerous and uncontrollable. When he gets home, however, he ends up accidentally killing his wife, Edith Banner, instead. Horrified at accidentally murdering his wife, David becomes catatonic and is eventually institutionalized by Ross. After the loss of both his parents, Bruce is adopted by his aunt Susan Banner, his father's sister.
	+ Meanwhile, the Gamma Bomb detonates, creating a massive mushroom cloud in the middle of the New Mexican desert; Miraculously, Ross was able to have the area completely evacuated before the bomb went off, though the terrain would be contaminated for decades afterward.

### September

* **September 15th:** Howard Stark films the intro for the 1974 Stark World Exposition. He uses the video to tell his son Tony of his love and that he beliefs in him, leaving a subtle hint to unlocking the 'new element'.
* **September 22nd:** Robert Coulson dies.

### November

* **November 1st:** Wilson Fisk helps his father, Bill Fisk, by making posters to promote his campaign for the Third District Council of New York City. To fund his campaign, Fisk would loan cash from Don Dante Rigoletto.
* **November 8th:** Angered at his loss in the campaign, Bill Fisk makes his son Wilson sit in a corner and stare at a wall to make him think about his future. As Fisk was about to leave to talk with Don Rigoletto, he is stopped by his wife. Having been drinking, Fisk begins to beat his wife Marlene, with Wilson listening. Wilson finally decides to put an end to his father's abuse, and repeatedly hits his father over the head with a hammer, killing him. Wilson and his mother cut up the body and spend the next week dumping the parts in a river.
* **November 27th:** Marlene Fisk sends her son Wilson to live on a farm belonging to his relatives.

### December

* **December 8th:** Jasper Sitwell is born in Norfolk, Virginia.