Birth of hip-hop
1973 · Event
DJ Kool Herc's South Bronx block party gives rise to hip-hop culture.
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Around 1973
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)