Deaths on August 17

Jean Barraqué

Died on August 17, 1973

Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)

Jean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué (17 January 1928 – 17 August 1973) was a French composer and writer on music who developed an individual form of serialism which is displayed in a small output.

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Events on 1973

20 Jul

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller.
15 Aug

Cambodia
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
22 Aug

Salvador Allende
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
17 Oct

1973 oil crisis
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
4 Nov

1973 oil crisis
The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

Deaths on August 17

Jean Barraqué

Died on August 17, 1973

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Events on 1973

Bruce Lee

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1973 oil crisis