* 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

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.

He went on to act in The Relapse 1950 ( Sir Tunbelly Clumsey ); The Taming of the Shrew 1951 ( Grumio ); The Way of the World 1954 ( Petulant ); The Carefree Tree 1955 ( The Sixth Son ); King Lear 1956 ( Duke of Cornwall ); Mister Johnson 1956 ( Gollup ); Saint Joan 1956 ( The Inquisitor ); Protective Custody 1956 ( Dr. Steidl ); Oscar Wilde 1957 ( Oscar Wilde ); The Golden Six 1958 ( Tiberius ); A Man for All Seasons 1961 ( Cardinal Wolsey ); Andorra 1963 ( pub keeper ); The Seagull 1964 ( Sorin ); The Crucible 1964 ( Danforth ); Baker Street 1965 ( Moriarty ); The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1965 ( Miguel Estete ); Ring Round the Moon 1966 ( Messerchann ); Those That Play the Clowns 1966 ( Henning ); Breakfast at Tiffany's 1966 ( Rusty Trawler ); The Sorrows of Frederick 1967 ; The Bench 1968 ( Phillipi ); Uncle Vanya 1971 ( Serebryakov ); The Jockey Club Stakes 1973 ( Sir Dymock Blackburn ); The Dogs of Pavlov 1974.

Henning Solberg ( born 8 January 1973 ) is a Norwegian rally driver.

* 1973 – Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer

* 1973 – Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete

* 1973 – Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer

* 1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician ( Burzum, Mayhem )

* 1973 – Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate ( b. 1895 )

Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch ( 3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973 ) was a Norwegian economist and the co-winner with Jan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969.

In 1973, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) sent a whaling ship and a Norwegian whaler to modernize their hunt.

** Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1973 )

He was the son of Ragnild Kristine ( Sannes ; 1883 – 1973 ), a Norwegian immigrant, and Hubert Humphrey, Sr. ( 1882 – 1949 ).

Five Norwegian championships in football ( 1969, 1970, 1973, 1991, 2010 ).

( 11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984 ) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971 – 1972 and 1973 – 1976.

However, the successor cabinet Korvald only lasted one year, and the second cabinet Bratteli was formed following the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1973.

Between 1850 and 1973, 88, 000 individuals were caught, primarily by Norwegian and British whalers.

Evensen led the Norwegian Foreign Ministry's legal department from 1961 to 1973.

In February 1973, Wise drew on his Norwegian heritage in starting a race named after a famous event in Norway.

Tore André Flo ( born 15 June 1973 ) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

* Helga Pedersen ( born 1973 ), Norwegian politician

* Egil Gjelland ( born 1973 ), former Norwegian biathlete.

* Roar Uthaug ( born 1973 ), a Norwegian film director

His most significant achievement was as Norwegian foreign minister between 1973 and 1981, and again between 1986 and 1987.

In 1969 he was elected to parliament as a member of the Norwegian Labour Party, and he became foreign minister in the Labour government in 1973.

Strømsgodset won the Norwegian Premier League in 1970 and have won the Norwegian Cup in 1969, 1970, 1973, 1991, and 2010.

In 1973, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization sent a whaling ship and a Norwegian master whaler, to modernize the hunt.