Explore Missouri Life’s inaugural year, 1973.

Ten years ago, Missouri Life took a look back to what was happening in 1973 across our state, in the nation, and around the world. Take a trip back in time and remember when these things were happening as Missouri Life wrote about them in 2013.


Peace symbol with No War in the backdrop.

October 15, 1969

Protests against the Vietnam War erupt at college campuses across the nation – including at the University of Missouri-Columbia – during Moratorium Day.