Timeline June 1973

Events in June 1973 9

• 1971 – 1973 First retirement -- then the return Sinatra announces his retirement at a star-studded Los Angeles concert on 13 June 1971 -- delivering a characteristically emotional farewell and leaving the stage to a standing ovation. The retirement lasts less than two years. He returns in 1973 with the album 'Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back' and a television special, driven by restlessness and the realisation that he has nothing to do if not perform. The return is commercially successful; the musical quality of his post-retirement work is uneven but occasionally transcendent.
• 1973 French Open 1973 Men: Ilie Năstase · Women: Margaret Court
• 1973 Sly and the Family Stone release Fresh If You Want Me to Stay Their last top-ten album.
• 1973 Greek monarchy abolished Greece becomes a republic The military junta abolished the monarchy, which was later permanently rejected in a referendum.
• 1973 – present Heidi Klum Supermodel and Host Internationally famous model, television host, and producer of "Project Runway."
• 1973 Helmets become compulsory in Britain United Kingdom Thirty-eight years after the crash, wearing a helmet became a legal requirement for every motorcyclist in the country. Most of the world followed.
• 1973 The Rocky Horror Show — Stage Premiere Originated the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the seductive alien transvestite scientist, in Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show at a tiny upstairs venue at London's Royal Court Theatre. Belting out Sweet Transvestite in platform heels, fishnets and a sparkly black corset, his daring performance was a sensation. The show transferred to larger London venues and then to Broadway.
• 1973 Secretariat wins the Triple Crown Racehorse sets Belmont Stakes record still unbroken The racehorse Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to complete horse racing's Triple Crown, the first horse to do so in 25 years. His Belmont time of 2:24 remains a track record.
• 1973 – 1974 Watergate scandal Nixon resigns The break-in at the Watergate complex and subsequent cover-up led to the only resignation of a sitting US President, Richard Nixon, in August 1974.