'The American way of life is about to change': How the 1973 oil crisis forced Nixon to rethink time

When an oil embargo rocked the US, the president's radical solution was to make citizens start their working days an hour ...
City Journal

Lessons from the 1973 Embargo

Fifty years ago this week, in response to American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War, a group of Arab nations cut oil production and embargoed oil exports to the United States. These decisions ...
Observer-Reporter

OP-ED: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma

Fifty years ago, a secret deal among Arab governments triggered one of the most traumatic economic crises to afflict the United States and other big oil importers. Saudi King Faisal and other Arab ...
UPI

On This Day: OAPEC announces oil embargo, sparks energy crisis

Oct. 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1931, gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion. It took jurors four days to decide whether the mobster had cheated the Internal Revenue ...
Crude Oil Prices

Iran’s Proposed Embargo Could Cause Chaos In Oil Markets

Iran has urged OPEC members to halt oil exports to countries supporting Israel, echoing the 1973 oil embargo, which dramatically increased oil prices and altered global economies. The call for an ...
The New York Times

Iran’s Call for Oil Embargo on Israel Roils Markets

A top Iranian official urged Islamic countries to halt oil shipments to Israel, briefly causing a jump in crude prices. By Stanley Reed The prospect of an oil embargo arising from the conflict between ...