* 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

Claims have been made for Manu Dibango's " Soul Makossa " ( 1972 ), Jerry Butler's " One Night Affair " ( 1972 ), the Hues Corporation's " Rock the Boat " ( 1973 ), George McCrae's " Rock Your Baby " ( 1974 ), and " Kung Fu Fighting " ( 1974 ) by Biddu and Carl Douglas.

Following the adoption of the 1974 Instrument of Government on January 1, 1975, the Swedish Monarch ( King Carl XVI Gustaf since September 15, 1973 ) is no longer vested any executive authority at all, and is neither part of the executive branch nor of the legislature.

* 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.

** Carl Benton Reid, American actor ( d. 1973 )

Several post-Heideggerian authors contributing to the Continental philosophy of science in the second half of the 20th century include Jürgen Habermas ( e. g., " Truth and Justification ", 1998 ), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (" The Unity of Nature ", 1980 ), and Wolfgang Stegmüller (" Probleme und Resultate der Wissenschafttheorie und Analytischen Philosophie ", 1973 – 1986 ).

SWIFT was founded in Brussels in 1973 under the leadership of its inaugural CEO Carl Reuterskiöld ( 1973-1983 ) and was supported by 239 banks in 15 countries.

Under H. M. Carl XVI Gustaf, the present King of Sweden since 1973, the plain triple-tailed flag has flown at the Royal Palace only once.

After the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf on 15 September 1973, Carl XVI Gustav succeeded to the throne.

She was married on 19 June 2010 to Daniel Westling, who was born on 15 September 1973 ( the same day that Carl Gustav ascended to the Swedish throne ).

On May 14, 1973 Carl Isaacs, his half brother Wayne Coleman, and fellow prisoner George Dungee escaped from the Maryland State Prison.

Carl Isaacs, Coleman and Dungee were tried by jury in Seminole County in 1973, convicted and sentenced to death.

* 1973 – present: Carl XVI Gustaf

* 1973: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Staatskapelle Dresden, DG.

King Carl XVI Gustaf, has reigned as King of Sweden () since 15 September 1973, when he succeeded his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf.

Present Monarch: His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf ( since September 15, 1973 ), born 1946

* Murry Wilson ( 1917 – 1973 ), father of Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys

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.

In 1973, the Western Carl Zeiss AG entered into a licensing agreement with the Japanese camera company Yashica to produce a series of high-quality 35 mm film cameras and lenses bearing the Contax and Zeiss brand names.

* Carl Gustaf Bernhard, 1973 – 1981

* Berger, Carl, ed, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961 – 1973.

The eldest living child of a monarch is sometimes not the heir apparent or crown prince, because that position can be held by a descendant of a deceased older child who, by " right of representation ", inherits the same place in the line of succession that would be held by the ancestor if he or she were still living ( e. g., Carl Gustaf, Duke of Jämtland, was de facto Crown Prince of Sweden from 1950 to 1973, as the senior grandson by male primogeniture of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, although the former Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, was Gustaf VI's eldest living son, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, his eldest living dynastic son during those years ).

* Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland was heir-presumptive of Sweden between 1973 and 1979, until the birth of Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, who superseded him.

* Carl Dudley ( 1910 – 1973 ), American film director and producer

Catalytic converters were further developed by a series of engineers including John J. Mooney and Carl D. Keith at the Engelhard Corporation, creating the first production catalytic converter in 1973.