* 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

Pablo Cruise began in 1973 with former members of Stoneground ( Cory Lerios on keyboards and vocals, David Jenkins as vocalist and on guitar, and Steve Price on drums ) and It's a Beautiful Day ( Bud Cockrell on bass and vocals ).

* Cory Lerios – keyboards, synthesizers, vocals ( 1973 – 1986, 2004 – present )

Cory Stillman ( born December 20, 1973 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.

* Arts and Sciences Hall – Originally built to house the Stillman School of Business in 1973, with the creation of Jubilee Hall in 1997, the building is now home to the College of Arts and Sciences.

After graduating from Harvard in 1973, Stillman began working as a journalist in New York City.

* Stillman III, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1973 – 74

* New York News Service Founded circa 1973 by Rex Weiner and Deanne Stillman

* Adrian Aucoin ( born 1973 ), Canadian National Hockey League player

In 1973 Albion was named an All-America City by the National Civic League.

In 1973, the designated hitter ( DH ) rule was adopted by the American League, while in the National League pitchers still bat for themselves to this day.

The bill changing the province's moving day from May 1 to July 1 was introduced by a federalist member of the Quebec National Assembly, Jérôme Choquette in 1973, in order not to affect children still in school in the month of May.

Chile's conservative party, the National Party disbanded in 1973 following a military coup and did not re-emerge as a political force following the subsequent return to democracy.

The National Environmental Policy Act ( 1969 ), the Clean Air Act ( 1970 ), the Clean Water Act ( 1972 ), and the Endangered Species Act ( 1973 ) all were enacted with broad bipartisan support, and ultimately signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon.

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

The PAIGC National Assembly met at Boe in the southeastern region and declared the independence of Guinea-Bissau on 24 September 1973 and was recognized by a 93-7 UN General Assembly vote in November, unprecedented as it denounced illegal Portuguese aggression and occupation and was prior to complete control and Portuguese recognition.

** National Tournament Top 10 finishes: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000

He was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Photographic Society in 1934, the Howard N. Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Albert A. Michelson Medal from the same Franklin Institute in 1969, and the National Medal of Science in 1973.

* 1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.

* 1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.

In 1973, Bench slumped to 25 home runs and 104 RBI, but helped the Reds rally from a 10 1 / 2 game deficit in July to the Los Angeles Dodgers to win a major league-high 99 games and claim another National League West Division.

In the 1973 National League Championship Series, the Reds met a New York Mets team that won just 82 regular season games, but boasted three of the best starting pitchers in the NL, future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Jon Matlack.

In 1973, an appointed Interim National Assembly was established.

The house and grounds in Compton where St. Laurent was born were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1973.

The ruling party since then has always been the Alliance Party () coalition and subsequently from 1973 onwards, its successor the Barisan Nasional ( National Front ) coalition.

In 1973 a permanent installation of his work opened at the Galleria d ’ Arte Moderna in Milan, and in 1978 a Marini show was presented at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

During their history, the Mets have won two World Series titles ( 1969 and 1986 ), four National League pennants ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000 ) and five National League East titles ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2006 ).

In 1973, Mount Kilimanjaro was classified as a National Park and was opened to public access in 1977.

The January 1973 cover of National Lampoon