Cape Kennedy, Florida, reverts back to its original name of Cape Canaveral.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley get divorced.

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, 54, resigns and pleads no contest to a charge of income tax evasion. Less than two weeks ago, he said he would not resign but "stay and fight." Agnew says, "The reason that I have changed my decision... is because I believe it would be against the national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family to go through a long, two-to-three year struggle in this matter."

President Nixon chooses Gerald R. Ford, 60, to be Vice President.

Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox rejects President Nixon's compromise plan of providing written summaries of the White House tapes instead of turning over the tapes.

Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigns rather than obey Nixon's order to fire Cox. Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelhaus also refuses to fire Cox and resigns. Solicitor General Robert Bork carries out Nixon's orders as acting Attorney General. The series of events becomes known as the "Saturday Night Massacre."

More Congressmen call for impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.

The Oakland A's beat the Mets 5-2 in the final game of the World series.

The Sydney Opera House in Australia is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth. Surrounded on water by three sides, the opera house is designed to look like a giant sailing ship.

The great cellist Pablo Casals dies.

Owego's newly renovated Court Street Bridge reopens. The 40-year-old bridge was closed for over a year while it underwent over $700,000 worth of repairs.

Tioga County names its first public health sanitarian at an annual salary of $9,500.

Tri-Cities Opera's performance of La Boheme at the Masonic Temple in Binghamton launches the opera company's silver anniversary celebration.

More than 10,000 people participate in the 20-mile March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon from Binghamton to Chenango Bridge.

Local gas station owners believe that the free services they give to their customers - such as cleaning windshields and distributing free maps - are essential to their business.

The Carpenters - Karen, 23, and her brother Richard, 27 - appear at the Veteran's Memorial Arena in Binghamton.

The Present Company Catalog Showroom celebrates a grand opening at 736 Vestal Parkway East and Airbourne Avenue.

Thursday night TV shows include "The Waltons," "Flip Wilson," "Toma," "Ironside," and "The Streets of San Francisco."

Top tunes in the tier include Half Breed by Cher; Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy; Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose by Dawn; and Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat by the De Francos.

Movies at local theaters include "Day of the Jackal," "Bang the Drum Slowly," "A Touch of Class," "American Graffiti," and "Walking Tall."

And a 15-ounce bag of Nabisco Oreos costs 49; a one-pound, 4-ounce package of Sunshine Hydrox Cookies costs 63; and a half-gallon of Crowley's Skimmed milk costs 49.

October 20, 1973 - The magnificent Sydney Opera House in Australia officially opens. Designed to look like a giant sailing ship, the "sails" are covered with over 1,000,000 rectangular ceramic tiles. The building, which was designed by Joern Utzon, took 16 years to complete. Photo by ROB LACEY