* 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

* 1973 – Brett Maher, Australian basketballer

* The 911 and 912 Porsche: A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity ( 1964 – 1973 ) by Dr. Brett Johnson, Beeman Jorgensen, Inc. publishers, March 1991

The daytime revival of The Match Game, which featured regular panelists Richard Dawson, 1973 to 1978, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly, ran until 1979 on CBS and another three years in first-run syndication.

The character of Perry Mason was portrayed each weekday on a long-running radio series, followed by well-known depictions on film and television, including " television's most successful and longest-running lawyer series " from 1957 to 1966 starring Raymond Burr ; another series in 1973 – 1974, starring Monte Markham and Brett Somers ; and 30 made-for-TV movies filmed from 1985 to 1993.

A rock group was formed in 1973, with Nick Cave ( vocals ), Mick Harvey ( guitar ), and Phill Calvert ( drums ), with other students John Cocivera, Brett Purcell and Chris Coyne ( on guitar, bass and saxophone respectively ).

* Brett Alexander Savory ( born 1973 ), Canadian writer

* Catfish Hunter singled in 1973, Ken Brett singled in 1976, and Tim Lollar singled in 1986, but although known as pitchers, in these instances these players were in the game as pinch hitters, NOT as pitchers.

He received several scholarships and awards including a scholarship from the National Endowment For the Arts ( 1973, 1977 ), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship ( 1977 ), US-UK Bicentennial Exchange Fellowship ( 1980 ), and Charles Brett Memorial Award ( 1991 ).

Lewie stayed with Brett Marvin until 1973, its mainstream hit single being " Seaside Shuffle ", another Lewie composition, released under the one-off nom de disque Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs.

After the 1973 season, with Stennett ready to play regularly and another excellent young second baseman ( Willie Randolph ) in their minor league system, the Pirates decided to trade Cash to the Phillies for pitcher Ken Brett.

* 1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American journalist, lawyer, and author

* 1973 – Brittany Andrews, American porn actress

* 1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist

* 1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer ( d. 2007 )

* 1973 – Jay Meetze, American conductor and producer

* 1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player

* 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress

* 1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder

* 1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor

* 1973 – Richard Marshall, American general ( b. 1895 )

* 1973 – Senta Moses, American actress