* 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

* 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

* 1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player

* 1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player

* 1973 – Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer

* 1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress and model

* 1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer

* 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator

* 1973 – Claudia Jordan, American model

* 1973 – Christina Moore, American actress

* 1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball player

* 1973 – Watergate Scandal: U. S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H. R.

* 1948 – Alexander Onassis, American Greek socialite, son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer and producer ( 98 Degrees )

* 1973 – Kinna McInroe, American actress

* 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jazz, American wrestler

* 1973 – Cory Bowles, Canadian actor and choreographer

* 1973 – Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer

* 1973 – Dietmar Hamann, German footballer

* 1973 – Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter

* 1973 – Johan Norberg, Swedish author

* 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress

* 1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer

* 1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster

** Dylan ( 1973 album ), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan

Bob Quincy stakes Carolina's claim in his 1973 book They Made the Bell Tower Chime:

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

On January 27, the Vikings traded Norm Snead, Bob Grim, Vince Clements and a 1st-round draft choice in 1972 and 1973 to the New York Giants to reacquire the popular Fran Tarkenton.

* Bob Starkie aka " Bongo Starr " – guitar, backing vocals ( 1973 – 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994 )

In 1973 Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn wrote the specifications for Transmission Control Protocol ( TCP ), an internetworking protocol for sharing resources using packet-switching among the nodes.

* Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice ( 1973 ) – as " Bob Sanders "

In 1973 production was shared by David Hatch with John Cassels ( for six episodes ) and with Bob Oliver Rodgers ( for two episodes ).

* Bob Carlson 1972 – 1973

The song " Flip Flop Fly " was featured on the radio by Bob and Ray in 1973, but the album was all but forgotten before being reissued in 1992 ( record label: Arf!

Among those who can lay claim to fame, and who have either been born or lived in Beckenham or have had some important contribution to make to the town, there are show business people such as Bob Monkhouse ( 1928 – 2003 ); Julie Andrews ( 1935-); David Bowie ( 1947-), who lived at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham from 1969 – 1973 ; Peter Frampton ( 1950-); Wende Snijders ( 1978-), the Dutch singer ; and the actors Maurice Denham ( 1909 – 2002 ), and Simon Ward ( 1941 – 2012 ).

John R. (" Jack ") Lauer served as state representative from 1973 to 1978, and Robert F. (" Bob ") Olson served as state representative from 1986 to 1994.

Members of the 1973 state tournament Mayer team were: John Hoese and Randy Hoese, bat boys ; Martin Rolf, Brad Wroge, Jim Henning, Harlan Baumann, Kevin Florek, Dale Hoeft, Bob Vinkemeier, Bill Stein, Ron Lehrke, Dave Lenz, Lowell Heldt, Dave Hoese, Darryl Gieselmann, Mark Meschke, Courtney Meyer, Mark Wabbe ; Bob Schafer, statistician ; and Ed Hoese, manager.

With the addition of a piano player ( briefly Bob Sheff and then Scott Thurston ), the Stooges toured for several months, starting in February 1973.

* Bob Sheff – keyboards ( 1973 )

* James Cromwell as Jerome " Stretch " Cunningham ( 1973 – 1976 ) " The Funniest Man in The World ", Archie's friend and co-worker from the loading dock ( Archie claims that he is known as the " Bob Hope " of the loading platform ).

When Bob Marley first played in the U. S. in 1973 with his band The Wailers, he opened on tour for Sly and The Family Stone.

The Fugees first gained attention for their cover versions of old favorites, with the group's reinterpretations of " No Woman No Cry " by Bob Marley & the Wailers and " Killing Me Softly with His Song " ( first recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1971, remade by Roberta Flack in 1973 ), the latter being their biggest hit.

* September 16 – The Bob Newhart Show ( 1972 – 1978 ) and Bridget Loves Bernie ( 1972 – 1973 ) premiere on CBS.

Garrett ’ s more notable performances include: the breakthrough role of Jimmy Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ( 1969 ); the protagonist ’ s son Mike Pusser from the Walking Tall movies ( 1973, 1975, 1977 ) and the recurring role of Zack Russell on the ABC TV series Family.

W. Mark Felt an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director, acted on conscience to provide reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein with information that resulted in the Watergate scandal.