Congress overrode President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act.
The resolution was a direct byproduct of the Vietnam War, with Congress feeling that it had basically been led into war without a proper chance to vote on troop deployments to the conflict, although it had voted on the murky Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The still relatively fresh Korean War was also in mind.
The Constitutionality of the act, which as been questioned, has never been tested by the Supreme Court. So far, however, Congress and the President have generally complied with it, not wanting to test it, even though early on President's would note that they felt it to be unconstitutional. This is discussed further with a link here:
November 7, 1973 – Congress Passes the War Powers Act
Nixon addressed the nation on "The Energy Emergency".
It's fair to ask in a way if the "Energy Crisis" presented a lost opportunity.
Even in 1973, contrary to the way some would like to assert it, there were concerns in the scientific community about climate change. When the Energy Crisis arose due to the Arab Oil Embargo there was a serious effort to look at alternative energy sources, although nothing like there is today, and it was coupled with a massive effort to increase the production of domestic fossil fuels. Solar energy was looked at seriously for the first time. A lot of thought was put into home solar. Energy saving regulations, in regard to appliances, and fuel efficiency standards were put into place as well.
Had the government gone further, and moved towards home solar in a large-scale way, and undertook efforts then to look towards conversion to non emitting energy sources, we may well have avoided what we're looking at today.
The Cape Krusenstern Archaeological District in Alaska was designated.
About the location, the National Park Service notes:
Cape Krusenstern Archaeological District - Designated November 7, 1973
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