1973 (MCMLXXIII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium , the 73rd year of the 20th century , and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.
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Clockwise from top-left: the Thai popular uprising resulted in the end of the ruling military dictatorship of anti-communist Thanom Kittikachorn , the U.S. launches its first space station ; an armed conflict between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria takes place; a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a U.S.-backed coup ; students in Athens protest the Greek military; Paris Peace Accords are signed to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War ; the Sydney Opera House is opened; OPEC proclaimed an oil embargo, which caused an oil crisis .
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May
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May 3 – The Sears Tower in Chicago, United States, is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at 1,451 feet (442 m) .
May 5 – Shambu Tamang becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest .
May 10 – The Polisario Front , a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of Spanish Sahara , is formed.
May 11 – The Data Act (Sw. Datalagen ) − the world's first national data protection law − is enacted in Sweden.
May 14 – Skylab , the United States' first space station , is launched.
May 18 – Second Cod War : Joseph Godber , British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , announces that Royal Navy frigates will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed 80 km (50 mi) limit around Iceland .
May 25
July
July 3 – Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).
July 5 – The catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) occurs in Kingman, Arizona , United States, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, killing 11 firefighters. This explosion becomes a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
July 10 – The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations .
July 11 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Orly , France; 123 people are killed.
July 16 – Watergate scandal : Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
July 17 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
July 20 – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll , over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
July 21 – Lillehammer affair : Agents of Mossad , the Israeli secret intelligence agency, shoot and kill a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer , Norway, mistakenly believing him to be a senior member of the Palestinian Black September Organization .[14]
July 23 – The Avianca Building in Bogotá , Colombia , suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.[15]
July 25 – The Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
July 28 – Skylab 3 (Owen Garriott , Jack Lousma , Alan Bean ) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard Skylab .
July 31 – A Delta Air Lines DC-9 aircraft flying as Delta Air Lines Flight 173 lands short of Logan Airport runway at Boston, United States, in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed; one of the passengers died several months after the accident.
August
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A large Song dynasty trade ship of c. 1277 A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its hull . It confirms the descriptions of bulkheaded hull compartments for junks in Zhu Yu 's Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 .
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January
Sean Paul
Hande Yener
Essam El Hadary
January 1 – Shelda Bede , Brazilian beach volleyball player[26]
January 9 – Sean Paul , Jamaican singer[27]
January 11 – Rahul Dravid , Indian cricket player and coach.[28]
January 12 – Hande Yener , Turkish singer[29]
January 13 – Nikolai Khabibulin , Russian ice hockey player[30]
January 14 – Giancarlo Fisichella , Italian racing driver
January 15
January 17
January 19
January 20 – Queen Mathilde of Belgium [33]
January 22 – Rogério Ceni , Brazilian football player and coach
January 26 – Brendan Rodgers , Northern Irish football manager[34]
January 27 – Shadmehr Aghili , Iranian pop singer, musician and composer
January 29 – Louise Hindsgavl , Danish artist
January 30 – Jalen Rose , American basketball player[35]
January 31 – Portia de Rossi , Australian-American actress
February
Oscar De La Hoya
Svetlana Boginskaya
Mishal Husain
Varg Vikernes
Tara Strong
February 1
February 4 – Oscar De La Hoya , American boxer
February 5
February 7 – Juwan Howard , American basketball player
February 9 – Svetlana Boginskaya , Soviet gymnast
February 10 – Gunn-Rita Dahle , Norwegian mountain biker
February 11
February 12 – Tara Strong , Canadian actress and voice actress
February 15
February 16 – Cathy Freeman , Australian athlete[37]
February 18 – Claude Makélélé , French footballer
February 22 – Shota Arveladze , Georgian football player and coach
February 24
February 25 – Julio Iglesias Jr. , Spanish singer
February 26
February 27
February 28 – Eric Lindros , Canadian hockey player
March
Matteo Salvini
Jim Parsons
Larry Page
March 1
March 2 – Vidya Malvade , Indian actress[41]
March 3 – Dejan Bodiroga , Serbian basketball player
March 4 – Penny Mordaunt , British politician
March 9 – Matteo Salvini , Italian politician
March 10 – Eva Herzigová , Czech model and actress
March 13
March 17 – Caroline Corr , Irish musician (The Corrs )
March 19 – Magnus Hedman , Swedish footballer
March 23
March 24
March 25 – Anders Fridén , Swedish musician
March 26 – Larry Page , American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Google (2011-2015)
March 28 – Umaga , Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2009 )
March 29 – Marc Overmars , Dutch footballer
March 30 – Jan Koller , Czech footballer[42]
April
David Blaine
Elodie Bouchez
Pharrell Williams
Jennifer Esposito
Haile Gebrselassie
April 1
April 2 – Roselyn Sánchez , Puerto Rican-American actress
April 3 – Jamie Bamber , English actor
April 4
April 5
April 6 – Rie Miyazawa , Japanese actress and singer
April 8 – Emma Caulfield , American actress
April 10 – Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballer
April 11 – Jennifer Esposito , American actress
April 12
April 13 – Sergey Shnurov , Russian singer
April 14
April 16 – Akon , Senegalese American rapper, R&B singer-songwriter and record producer[48]
April 18 – Haile Gebrselassie , Ethiopian long-distance runner[49]
April 19 – George Gregan , Australian rugby union footballer
April 21 – Katsuyuki Konishi , Japanese voice actor
April 23 – Cem Yılmaz , Turkish comedian and actor
April 24
April 27 – Sharlee D'Angelo , Swedish guitarist
April 28
April 29 – David Belle , French actor and stunt performer
May
Tori Spelling
Sasha Alexander
Ruslana
Jack McBrayer
Minae Noji
May 1
May 2 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , German director
May 3 – Michael Reiziger , Dutch footballer
May 4 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto , Argentine footballer
May 5 – Johan Hedberg ("Moose"), Swedish hockey goaltender
May 7 – Paolo Savoldelli , Italian professional road racing cyclist
May 8 – Hiromu Arakawa , Japanese manga artist[52]
May 9 – Tegla Loroupe , Kenyan long-distance runner
May 10
May 12 – Robert Tinkler , Canadian voice actor
May 14
May 16
May 17
May 20 – Elsa Lunghini , French actress and singer
May 21 – Noel Fielding , British comedian
May 24
May 25
May 27 – Jack McBrayer , American actor and comedian
May 31 – Dominique van Roost , Belgian tennis player
June
Heidi Klum
Kevin Feige
Ceca
Neil Patrick Harris
Juliette Lewis
Marija Naumova
Andre Lange
June 1
June 2
June 8 – Lexa Doig , Canadian actress
June 9 – Tedy Bruschi , American football player
June 10 – Faith Evans , American singer
June 14 – Ceca , Serbian folk singer
June 15
June 16 – Federica Mogherini , Italian politician
June 17
June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa , Japanese singer
June 20 – Josh Shapiro , American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania [57]
June 21 – Zuzana Čaputová , Slovak politician, President of Slovakia
June 22
June 23
June 24 – Jonathan Lambert , French actor and comedian
June 25 – Jamie Redknapp , English footballer
June 26 – Paweł Małaszyński , Polish actor
June 27
June 28
July
Patrick Wilson
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Ali Landry
Rufus Wainwright
Omar Epps
Kate Beckinsale
July 1 – Akhilesh Yadav , Indian politician
July 3 – Patrick Wilson , American actor
July 4 – Gackt , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor[58]
July 5 – Marcus Allbäck , Swedish footballer and coach
July 7 – Yoon Kyung-shin , South Korean handball player
July 8 – Kathleen Robertson , Canadian actress and producer[59]
July 11 – Konstantinos Kenteris , Greek athlete[60]
July 12
July 13
July 14
July 15 – Yasemin Şamdereli , Turkish-German actress, screenwriter and film director
July 16
July 17 – Daimaou Kosaka , Japanese comedian
July 18 – Chi In-jin , South Korean boxer
July 19
July 20
July 22
July 23
July 26 – Kate Beckinsale , English actress
July 30
September
Paul Walker
Nas
September 1 – Ram Kapoor , Indian actor
September 4 – Diosbelys Hurtado , Cuban boxer
September 5
September 6
September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth , American actress
September 11 – Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh , Iranian footballer
September 12
September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro , Italian footballer
September 14
September 15 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland , né Olof Daniel Westling, Swedish prince, married to Crown Princess Victoria
September 18
September 19
September 20 – Jo Pavey , English distance runner[76]
September 21
September 25 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras , American actress
September 29 – Alfie Boe , English tenor
October
Neve Campbell
Ioan Gruffudd
Kari Korhonen
Seth MacFarlane
Edge
October 2
October 3 – Neve Campbell , Canadian actress
October 4 – Chris Parks , American professional wrestler
October 5 – Cédric Villani , French mathematician and politician
October 6
October 7
October 8 – Kari Korhonen , Finnish cartoonist
October 10 – Mario Lopez , American actor[82]
October 11 – Daisuke Sakaguchi , Japanese voice actor
October 13
October 14
October 15 – Susy Pryde , New Zealand cyclist
October 17 – Deniz Uğur , Turkish actress[83]
October 18 – Sergey Bezrukov , Russian screen and stage actor
October 21 – Lera Auerbach , Russian composer and pianist[84]
October 22 – Andrés Palop , Spanish football player and coach[85]
October 26 – Seth MacFarlane , American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and singer
October 28
October 29 – Robert Pires , French football player
October 30
November
Aishwarya Rai
Steven Ogg
Ryan Giggs
November 1
November 2 – Marisol Nichols , American actress
November 3
November 4 – Steven Ogg , Canadian actor
November 7
November 9 – Nick Lachey , American actor, singer and television personality and host[87]
November 10 – Patrik Berger , Czech footballer[88]
November 17 – Alexei Urmanov , Russian figure skater[89]
November 26 – Peter Facinelli , American actor
November 27 – Sharlto Copley , South African producer, actor and director
November 29 – Ryan Giggs , Welsh footballer
November 30
December
Monica Seles
Tyra Banks
Stephenie Meyer
December 2
December 3
December 4 – Tyra Banks , American supermodel, talk show host
December 5
December 7
December 8 – Corey Taylor , American rock vocalist (Slipknot , Stone Sour )
December 9 – Bárbara Padilla , American operatic soprano
December 10 – Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan-Mexican actress
December 11 – Mos Def , African-American rapper and actor
December 12 – Paz Lenchantin , Argentine-American musician
December 14
December 15 – Surya Bonaly , French figure skater
December 17 – Paula Radcliffe , British athlete
December 18 – Darryl Brown , Trinidad and West Indian cricketer
December 20 – Antti Kasvio , Finnish swimmer
December 23 – Dmytro Derevytskyy , Ukrainian entrepreneur
December 27 – Wilson Cruz , American actor
December 28
December 30 – Ato Boldon , Trinidadian athlete
December 31 – Nikolay Tsiskaridze , Russian dancer
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March
Pearl S. Buck
Sir Noël Coward
March 3 – Vera Panova , Soviet-Russian writer (b. 1905 )
March 6 – Pearl S. Buck , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892 )[97]
March 8 – Benjamín de Arriba y Castro , Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (b. 1886 )
March 10
March 17 – Giuseppe Ferretto , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1899 )
March 18
March 21 – Âşık Veysel , Turkish poet, songwriter and saz player (b. 1894 )[100]
March 22 – Hilda Geiringer , Austrian mathematician (b. 1893 )
March 23 – Ken Maynard , American actor (b. 1895 )[101]
March 25 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourg-born American photographer (b. 1879 )
March 26 – Sir Noël Coward , English composer and playwright (b. 1899 )[102]
May
Frances Marion
May 1 – Asger Jorn , Danish painter (b. 1914 )
May 6 – Myrna Fahey , American actress (b. 1933 )
May 8 – Alexander Vandegrift , American general (b. 1887 )
May 11 – Lex Barker , American actor (b. 1919 )
May 12 – Frances Marion , American screenwriter (b. 1888 ).[106]
May 16 – Jacques Lipchitz , French-American sculptor (b. 1891 )
May 18 – Jeannette Rankin , American politician (b. 1880 )[107]
May 20 – Jarno Saarinen , Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945 )
May 21
May 26 – Karl Löwith , German philosopher (b. 1897 )
May 27 – Constantin Daicoviciu , Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. 1898 )
July
Betty Grable
Veronica Lake
Bruce Lee
July 2 – Betty Grable , American actress (b. 1916 )
July 3 – Karel Ančerl , Czechoslovak conductor (b. 1908 )
July 6
July 7
July 8
July 10 – Cordelia Camp , American educator (b. 1884 )[111]
July 11
July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr. , American actor (b. 1906 )
July 13 – Willy Fritsch , German actor (b. 1901 )
July 18 – Jack Hawkins , English actor (b. 1910 )
July 20
July 23 – Eddie Rickenbacker , American World War I flying ace and race car driver (b. 1890 )
July 24 – Julián Acuña Galé , Cuban botanist (b. 1900 )
July 25
July 26 – Konstantinos Georgakopoulos , Greek lawyer and professor, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1890 )
July 29
July 31 – Annibale Bergonzoli , Italian general (b. 1884 )
September
Salvador Allende
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
September 2 – J. R. R. Tolkien , British writer (b. 1892 )[115]
September 11 – Salvador Allende , 30th President of Chile (b. 1908 )
September 12 – Marjorie Merriweather Post , American businesswoman (b. 1887 )
September 13 – Betty Field , American actress (b. 1916 )
September 15 – King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882 )
September 16
September 18 – Théo Lefèvre , 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1914 )
September 19 – Gram Parsons , American musician (b. 1946 )
September 20
September 22 – Paul van Zeeland , 29th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893 )
September 23 – Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )[119]
September 24 – Josué de Castro , Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (b. 1908 )
September 26 – Anna Magnani , Italian actress (b. 1908 )
September 28 – Norma Crane , American actress (b. 1928 )
September 29 – W. H. Auden , English poet (b. 1907 )[120]
October
Paavo Nurmi
Ludwig von Mises
Abebe Bikila
October 2 – Paavo Nurmi , Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1897 )
October 6 – François Cevert , French racing driver (b. 1944 )
October 8 – Gabriel Marcel , French Catholic existential thinker (b. 1889 )
October 9 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe , American singer and guitarist (b. 1915 )[121]
October 10 – Ludwig von Mises , Austrian economist (b. 1881 )
October 14 – Edmund A. Chester , American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897 )[122]
October 16 – Gene Krupa , American jazz drummer (b. 1909 )
October 17 – Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian poet and author (b. 1926 )
October 18
October 19 – Margaret C. Anderson , American magazine publisher (b. 1886 )
October 20 – Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal , prime minister of Afghanistan (b. 1921 )
October 22 – Pablo Casals , Spanish cellist and conductor (b. 1876 )
October 25 – Abebe Bikila , Ethiopian Olympic athlete (b. 1932 )
October 26 – Semyon Budyonny , Cossack cavalryman and Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883 )
October 27 – Allan Lane , American actor (b. 1909 )
October 28
November
Arturo de Córdova
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
November 3
November 7 – Kiyohide Shima , Japanese admiral (b. 1890 )
November 10 – Morton Deyo , American admiral (b. 1887 )[123]
November 11
November 12 – Wacław Stachiewicz , Polish writer, geologist and general (b. 1894 )
November 13
November 16 – Alan Watts , British philosopher (b. 1915 )
November 17 – Mirra Alfassa , multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville , India (b. 1878 )[125]
November 18 – Alois Hába , Czech composer and musicologist (b. 1893 )
November 20 – Allan Sherman , American comedy writer, television producer and song parodist (b. 1924 )
November 23
November 25
November 28 – John Rostill , English bassist, musician and composer (The Shadows ) (b. 1942 )
December
David Ben-Gurion
Bobby Darin
İsmet İnönü
December 1 – David Ben-Gurion , 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886 )
December 3 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , 47th President of Mexico (b. 1889 )[126]
December 4 – Lauri Lehtinen , Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1908 )
December 5 – Sir Robert Watson-Watt , Scottish engineer, radar pioneer (b. 1892 )
December 12
December 13 – Giuseppe Beltrami , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1889 )
December 16 – Sid Barnes , Australian cricketer (b. 1916 )
December 17 – Charles Greeley Abbot , American astrophysicist (b. 1872 )[128]
December 20
December 22 – James Anderson , Australian tennis champion (b. 1894 )
December 23 – Gerard Kuiper , Dutch-born American astronomer (b. 1905 )
December 24 – Fritz Gause , German historian (b. 1893 )[130]
December 25
December 26
December 30 – Marcel-Bruno Gensoul , French admiral (b. 1880 )
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