In 1973 two landmark conservation laws were enacted. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed in Washington on 3 March by 80 countries, regulating trade in threatened animals and plants, and in December, President Richard Nixon signed the US Endangered Species Act, which protects species at risk and their habitats. The US act has been credited with saving species like the bald eagle, the grey wolf and the American alligator from extinction. CITES today covers some 40,000 species.
Before and after
- 1973Publication of The Gulag Archipelago
- 1973Founding of Islamic Development Bank
- 1973Establishment of Hortobágy National Park
- 1973Establishment of Kilimanjaro National Park
- 1973The Endangered Species Act and CITES
- 1973Cohen and Boyer create the first recombinant DNA organism
- 1973The Vindolanda writing tablets are found
- 8 January 1973Founding of Grupo Televisa
- 8 January 1973Launch of Luna 21
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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