1973 (MCMLXXIII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini 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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Sears Tower 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 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 driverJanuary 15
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January 20 – Queen Mathilde of Belgium [33] January 22 – Rogério Ceni , Brazilian football player and coachJanuary 26 – Brendan Rodgers , Northern Irish football manager[34] January 27 – Shadmehr Aghili , Iranian pop singer, musician and composerJanuary 29 – Louise Hindsgavl , Danish artistJanuary 30 – Jalen Rose , American basketball player[35] January 31 – Portia de Rossi , Australian-American actressFebruary
Oscar De La Hoya Svetlana Boginskaya Mishal Husain Varg Vikernes Tara Strong February 1
February 4 – Oscar De La Hoya , American boxerFebruary 5
February 7 – Juwan Howard , American basketball playerFebruary 9 – Svetlana Boginskaya , Soviet gymnastFebruary 10 – Gunn-Rita Dahle , Norwegian mountain bikerFebruary 11
February 12 – Tara Strong , Canadian actress and voice actressFebruary 15
February 16 – Cathy Freeman , Australian athlete[37] February 18 – Claude Makélélé , French footballerFebruary 22 – Shota Arveladze , Georgian football player and coachFebruary 24
February 25 – Julio Iglesias Jr. , Spanish singerFebruary 26
February 27
February 28 – Eric Lindros , Canadian hockey playerMarch
Matteo Salvini Jim Parsons Larry Page March 1
March 2 – Vidya Malvade , Indian actress[41] March 3 – Dejan Bodiroga , Serbian basketball playerMarch 4 – Penny Mordaunt , British politicianMarch 9 – Matteo Salvini , Italian politicianMarch 10 – Eva Herzigová , Czech model and actressMarch 13
March 17 – Caroline Corr , Irish musician (The Corrs )March 19 – Magnus Hedman , Swedish footballerMarch 23
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March 25 – Anders Fridén , Swedish musicianMarch 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 footballerMarch 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 actressApril 3 – Jamie Bamber , English actorApril 4
April 5
April 6 – Rie Miyazawa , Japanese actress and singerApril 8 – Emma Caulfield , American actressApril 10 – Roberto Carlos , Brazilian footballerApril 11 – Jennifer Esposito , American actressApril 12
April 13 – Sergey Shnurov , Russian singerApril 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 footballerApril 21 – Katsuyuki Konishi , Japanese voice actorApril 23 – Cem Yılmaz , Turkish comedian and actorApril 24
April 27 – Sharlee D'Angelo , Swedish guitaristApril 28
April 29 – David Belle , French actor and stunt performerMay
Tori Spelling Sasha Alexander Ruslana Jack McBrayer Minae Noji May 1
May 2 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , German directorMay 3 – Michael Reiziger , Dutch footballerMay 4 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto , Argentine footballerMay 5 – Johan Hedberg ("Moose"), Swedish hockey goaltenderMay 7 – Paolo Savoldelli , Italian professional road racing cyclistMay 8 – Hiromu Arakawa , Japanese manga artist[52] May 9 – Tegla Loroupe , Kenyan long-distance runnerMay 10
May 12 – Robert Tinkler , Canadian voice actorMay 14
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May 20 – Elsa Lunghini , French actress and singerMay 21 – Noel Fielding , British comedianMay 24
May 25
May 27 – Jack McBrayer , American actor and comedianMay 31 – Dominique van Roost , Belgian tennis playerJune
Heidi Klum Kevin Feige Ceca Neil Patrick Harris Juliette Lewis Marija Naumova Andre Lange June 1
June 2
June 8 – Lexa Doig , Canadian actressJune 9 – Tedy Bruschi , American football playerJune 10 – Faith Evans , American singerJune 14 – Ceca , Serbian folk singerJune 15
June 16 – Federica Mogherini , Italian politicianJune 17
June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa , Japanese singerJune 20 – Josh Shapiro , American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania [57] June 21 – Zuzana Čaputová , Slovak politician, President of Slovakia June 22
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June 24 – Jonathan Lambert , French actor and comedianJune 25 – Jamie Redknapp , English footballerJune 26 – Paweł Małaszyński , Polish actorJune 27
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July
Patrick Wilson Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway Ali Landry Rufus Wainwright Omar Epps Kate Beckinsale July 1 – Akhilesh Yadav , Indian politicianJuly 3 – Patrick Wilson , American actorJuly 4 – Gackt , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor[58] July 5 – Marcus Allbäck , Swedish footballer and coachJuly 7 – Yoon Kyung-shin , South Korean handball playerJuly 8 – Kathleen Robertson , Canadian actress and producer[59] July 11 – Konstantinos Kenteris , Greek athlete[60] July 12
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July 15 – Yasemin Şamdereli , Turkish-German actress, screenwriter and film directorJuly 16
July 17 – Daimaou Kosaka , Japanese comedianJuly 18 – Chi In-jin , South Korean boxerJuly 19
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July 26 – Kate Beckinsale , English actressJuly 30
September
Paul Walker Nas September 1 – Ram Kapoor , Indian actorSeptember 4 – Diosbelys Hurtado , Cuban boxerSeptember 5
September 6
September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth , American actressSeptember 11 – Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh , Iranian footballerSeptember 12
September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro , Italian footballerSeptember 14
September 15 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland , né Olof Daniel Westling, Swedish prince, married to Crown Princess Victoria September 18
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September 20 – Jo Pavey , English distance runner[76] September 21
September 25 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras , American actressSeptember 29 – Alfie Boe , English tenorOctober
Neve Campbell Ioan Gruffudd Kari Korhonen Seth MacFarlane Edge October 2
October 3 – Neve Campbell , Canadian actressOctober 4 – Chris Parks , American professional wrestlerOctober 5 – Cédric Villani , French mathematician and politicianOctober 6
October 7
October 8 – Kari Korhonen , Finnish cartoonistOctober 10 – Mario Lopez , American actor[82] October 11 – Daisuke Sakaguchi , Japanese voice actorOctober 13
October 14
October 15 – Susy Pryde , New Zealand cyclistOctober 17 – Deniz Uğur , Turkish actress[83] October 18 – Sergey Bezrukov , Russian screen and stage actorOctober 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 singerOctober 28
October 29 – Robert Pires , French football playerOctober 30
November
Aishwarya Rai Steven Ogg Ryan Giggs November 1
November 2 – Marisol Nichols , American actressNovember 3
November 4 – Steven Ogg , Canadian actorNovember 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 actorNovember 27 – Sharlto Copley , South African producer, actor and directorNovember 29 – Ryan Giggs , Welsh footballerNovember 30
December
Monica Seles Tyra Banks Stephenie Meyer December 2
December 3
December 4 – Tyra Banks , American supermodel, talk show hostDecember 5
December 7
December 8 – Corey Taylor , American rock vocalist (Slipknot , Stone Sour December 9 – Bárbara Padilla , American operatic sopranoDecember 10 – Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan-Mexican actressDecember 11 – Mos Def , African-American rapper and actorDecember 12 – Paz Lenchantin , Argentine-American musicianDecember 14
December 15 – Surya Bonaly , French figure skaterDecember 17 – Paula Radcliffe , British athleteDecember 18 – Darryl Brown , Trinidad and West Indian cricketerDecember 20 – Antti Kasvio , Finnish swimmerDecember 23 – Dmytro Derevytskyy , Ukrainian entrepreneurDecember 27 – Wilson Cruz , American actorDecember 28
December 30 – Ato Boldon , Trinidadian athleteDecember 31 – Nikolay Tsiskaridze , Russian dancer
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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 14 – Howard H. Aiken , American computing pioneer (b. 1900 )[99] March 17 – Giuseppe Ferretto , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1899 )March 18
March 21 – Âşık Veysel , Turkish poet, songwriter and saz player (b. 1894 )[101] March 22 – Hilda Geiringer , Austrian mathematician (b. 1893 )March 23 – Ken Maynard , American actor (b. 1895 )[102] March 25 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourg-born American photographer (b. 1879 )March 26 – Sir Noël Coward , English composer and playwright (b. 1899 )[103] 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 ).[107] May 16 – Jacques Lipchitz , French-American sculptor (b. 1891 )May 18 – Jeannette Rankin , American politician (b. 1880 )[108] 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
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July 10 – Cordelia Camp , American educator (b. 1884 )[112] 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 )[116] 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 )[120] 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 )[121] 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 )[122] October 10 – Ludwig von Mises , Austrian economist (b. 1881 )October 14 – Edmund A. Chester , American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897 )[123] 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 )[124] 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 )[126] 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
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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 )[127] 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 )[129] 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 )[131] December 25
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December 30 – Marcel-Bruno Gensoul , French admiral (b. 1880 )
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