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Events on Saturday 1 December 1973 2
1886 – 1973David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973)Died 1 December 1973, aged 87David Ben-Gurion, the founding prime minister of Israel and a principal author of its declaration of independence, died at his desert home in Sde Boker. He remains one of the central figures in the establishment of the modern Israeli state.
1973Black Sabbath release Sabbath Bloody SabbathProgressive turnWith Rick Wakeman on keyboards.