breath", by Paul Ferris, The Observer (London), October 7, 1973, p. 3 Spyros Markezinis was sworn in as Greece's first civilian Prime Minister since 1967, but would be forced to resign before the end of the year after an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule. South Africa introduced postal codes for more accurate sorting and delivery of mailed items, ranging from 0002 for Pretoria, to 9781 for the Bloemfontein suburb of Botshabelo. Died: Gabriel Marcel, 83, French philosopher known for The Mystery of BeingOctober 9, 1973 (Tuesday) Cape Kennedy in the U.S. state of Florida, site of the launches of America's crewed space missions, was restored to its former name of Cape Canaveral by vote of the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stephen Wakefield signed the order restoring the former name of the Cape, which had been changed on November 28, 1963, six days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The NASA headquarters on the Cape continued to be called the Kennedy Space Center. Three days after the start of the Yom Kippur War and an attack by Syrian missiles against settlements in the Golan Heights, the Israeli Air Force sent seven F-4 Phantom jets on a mission to Damascus, and destroyed the Syrian Army Headquarters. The bombing also damaged the Syrian Air Force headquarters, a Soviet cultural center, and a TV station. At least 26 people were killed in the military bombing, and the Soviet Union said that 30 were killed in the destruction of the cultural center. By October 13, the Syrians had been pushed back from the Golan Heights. The House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church of the United States voted overwhelmingly to end its long-standing law against providing communion to church members who had remarried following a civil divorce. The House of Bishops had previously endorsed the change in rules. The government of the Netherlands issued a nationwide ban on Sunday driving for private motor vehicles as a means of saving gasoline during the worldwide shortage of oil. Born: Steve Burns, American actor and television host known for the children's show Blue’s Clues; in Boyertown, Pennsylvania Fabio Lione, Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player; in Pisa Died: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 58, American gospel singer and electric guitarist, died of a stroke. October 10, 1973 (Wednesday) Spiro T. Agnew resigned as Vice President of the United States