June 1973

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June 7, 1973: Astronauts Joseph P. Kerwin and Pete Conrad are flung off Skylab's hull when the stuck solar panel releases; their EVA umbilicals keep them from drifting into space.[1][2]
June 18, 1973: Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev meets with and U.S. President Richard Nixon at the White House (pictured, interpreter Viktor Sukhodrev
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June 1, 1973: King Constantine II overthrown, Prime Minister Papadopoulos declares himself President of Greece

The following events occurred in June 1973:

  1. ^ "Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin Oral History". NASA. May 12, 2000. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Image credit: Paul Fjeld/NASA.