When oil prices spiked during the 1967 Oil Embargo, 1973 oil crisis, and 1979 energy crisis, Alberta's economy boomed.

" The Abadan oil refinery was featured on the reverse side of Iran's 100-rial banknotes printed in 1965 and from 1971 to 1973.

The prolonged worldwide boom, beginning in the late 1940s and lasting until the first oil crisis in 1973, was a challenge that Finland met and from which it emerged with a highly sophisticated and diversified economy, including a new occupational structure.

After 1973, Germany was hard hit by a worldwide economic crisis, soaring oil prices, and stubbornly high unemployment, which jumped from 300, 000 in 1973 to 1. 1 million in 1975.

GDP per capita grew 545 % from 1970 to 1980 as a result of the sudden increase in oil export revenues from 1973 to 1979.

These favorable developments, combined with the presence of a large and cheap labour force, laid the foundation for spectacular economic growth that lasted almost uninterrupted until the " Hot Autumn's " massive strikes and social unrest of 1969-70, which then combined with the later 1973 oil crisis and put an abrupt end to the prolonged boom.

Inflation continued, aggravated by the increases in the price of oil in 1973 and 1979.

Since the oil shocks of the 1970s, Japan has reduced dependence on petroleum as a source of energy from more than 75 % in 1973 to about 57 % at present.

* 1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.

* 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis.

In 1973, the massive increase in the price of oil was followed by a slump in copper prices and a diminution of export earnings.

After the 1973 oil crisis and the subsequent rise in fuel costs, gas turbine locomotives became uneconomical to operate, and many were taken out of service.

Gaddafi played a key role in promoting the use of oil embargoes as a political weapon for challenging the West, hoping that an oil price rise and embargo in 1973 would persuade the West — especially the United States — to end support for Israel.

These policies, coupled with economic pressures stemming from the 1973 oil crisis, resulted in the rapid collapse of Madagascar's economy and a sharp decline in living standards, and the country had become completely bankrupt by 1979.

Mazda's rotary success continued until the onset of the 1973 oil crisis.

Fraser's economic record was marred by rising unemployment, which reached record levels under his administration, caused in part by the ongoing effects of the 1973 oil crisis.

* 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis.

* 1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis.

* 1973 – OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.

The ulema have also influenced major executive decisions, for example the imposition of the oil embargo in 1973 and the invitation of foreign troops to Saudi Arabia in 1990.

The major exception to this occurred during the 1973 oil crisis when Saudi Arabia, with the other Arab oil states, used an embargo on oil supplies to pressurize the US to stop supporting Israel.

In October 1973, he placed a British arms embargo on all combatants in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur war, which mostly affected the Israelis by preventing them obtaining spares for their Centurion tanks.

Significant changes occurred in the economy of the Tennessee Valley and the nation, prompted by an international oil embargo in 1973 and accelerating fuel costs later in the decade.

The 1973 oil embargo by OPEC spurred an oil boom in eastern Montana, northern Wyoming and Western North Dakota.

On October 17, 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announced an oil embargo against the United States in retaliation for its support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

From December 4, 1973, Simon simultaneously launched and administered the Federal Energy Administration at the height of the oil embargo.

However, the University would not allow him to pursue a doctorate in energy, as it was two years before the 1973 oil embargo, and energy was not yet considered an academic subject.

The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC ( consisting of the Arab members of OPEC, plus Egypt, Syria and Tunisia ) proclaimed an oil embargo.

As in Western Europe, U. S. automakers were significantly impacted by the 1973 oil embargo and energy crisis.

** 1973 oil crisis-caused by an OPEC oil export embargo by many of the major Arab oil-producing states, in response to Western support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War

The situation for the automotive industry and UAW members heightened with the 1973 oil embargo.

In 1973, world oil prices quadrupled due to the Arab oil embargo following the Yom Kippur War.

In 1973 during the Arab oil embargo, the costs for meat and bone meal tripled, but sale prices were frozen by a nationwide wage and price control issued by then-President Richard Nixon.

These 1974 models timed to coincide precisely with the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, and were a significant part of Chrysler's economic woes in the late 1970s.

Also, the 1973 oil embargo had turned buyers towards smaller more fuel efficient cars, a movement that had been building through the early-1970s as a result of rising fuel prices.

The last model was made in June 1975, a victim of dwindling sales and the 1973 oil embargo.

The 1973 Arab oil embargo forced GM to consider designing a domestically produced compact pickup truck.

Large industrial buildings remain from the busy period following the 1973 OPEC oil embargo and 1979 summertime fuel shortage.

OPEC first wielded its power with the 1973 oil embargo against the United States and Western Europe.

Exceeding 7 minutes of totality, this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years ; the last one occurred on June 30, 1973 when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot for 73 minutes.

It was in Chilmark that his younger sister Samantha's alien abduction happened on November 27, 1973.

" Neither One of Us " also happened to be one of their last Motown hits, as Knight and the Pips departed Motown for Buddah Records in 1973.

Hill's religious conversion happened two years later in 1973, soon after being sent to Military School.

Another instance of systematic Sati happened in 1973, when Savitri Soni sacrificed her life with her husband in Kotadi village of Sikar District in Rajasthan.

Guzmán supported a military coup against Allende's government, which happened shortly thereafter on September 11, 1973 ( see: Chilean coup of 1973 ).

The earliest example of an incumbent leader being challenged from the convention floor happened in 1973 when Douglas Campbell unsuccessfully opposed David Lewis ' leadership.

In July 1973 the Diplock Commission, which had been set up to look into the security implications of Lambton and Jellicoe's adventures, concluded its section on Jellicoe ( paragraph 24 ): ... it was Lord Jellicoe's misfortune that his use of ' call girls ' happened to come to light at the particular moment that it did, when the attention of the Press was focused on the private conduct of Ministers in connection with the entirely separate case of Lord Lambton.

While defining the school-leaving age as 15, the act granted the government the power to raise the age to 16 " as soon as the Minister is satisfied that it has become practicable ", which happened in 1973.

This happened to Nixon in 1973, after presenting Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev with a Lincoln Continental at Camp David, Brezhnev unexpectedly drove with Nixon off the retreat onto a highway while leaving Nixon's Secret Service Personnel behind, separating Nixon from the football ( and his security detail ) for nearly 30 minutes.

" A giant step toward the realization of the personal-computer dream happened in 1973, when Radio Electronics published an article by Don Lancaster that described a " TV Typewriter.

This happened around 1973 and the company subsequently changed its name to Kustom Electronics, Inc. Before Bud Ross lost the company, as a promotional event, he covered the stage of the local Eagles hall with Red Sparkle, Silver Sparkle, and Blue Sparkle Tuck-And-Roll, which is still visible there today.

Beverley " Bev " Anne Brentnall ( born 1936 in Auckland, New Zealand ) is the first woman to have captained New Zealand in a women's one-day international, an event which happened in 1973.

* C. H. Rolph, Believe What You Like: What happened between the Scientologists and the National Association for Mental Health ( Andre Deutsch, 1973, ISBN 0-233-96375-8 )