* 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 – 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

* 1904 – Joe Tate, English footballer ( d. 1973 )

* The Elements ( Joe Henderson album ), 1973

Weissmuller lived in Florida until the end of 1973, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a greeter at Caesars Palace along with boxer Joe Louis for a time.

* 1973 – Joe Nedney, American football player

* July 28 – Joe E. Brown, American actor and comedian ( d. 1973 )

* " Omaha ", a song written by Billy Joe Shaver and recorded by Waylon Jennings in his 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes.

From 1956 to 1975, Beginning with its inception in 2001, the RFD-TV Network aired " The Big Joe Show ", a television program which included polka music and dancing that was filmed on location in various venues throughout the United States from 1973 through 2009.

On the morning of 20 July 1973, during the band's concert tour of the United States, Peter Grant made a contact with Joe Massot, who had previously directed Wonderwall.

* The Bosses ( with Big Joe Turner ) ( 1973 )

In an interview with Joe Creason of the Louisville Courier-Journal, done a few years before he died but not published until March 9, 1973, Handy said: " I didn ’ t write any songs in Henderson, but it was there I realized that experiences I had had, things I had seen and heard could be set down in a kind of music characteristic of my race.

He is best known for his 12-round victory over Muhammad Ali where he famously broke Ali's jaw, on March 31, 1973, becoming only the second man to defeat Ali as a professional ( after Joe Frazier, who won a 15-round unanimous decision against Ali on March 8, 1971 ).

The 1973 motion picture Charley Varrick contained a scene filmed at Mustang Ranch, with a cameo by Joe Conforte.

* A short fictionalized story by Joe Meno, entitled " Stockholm 1973 ", chronicles these events.

* 1973: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits

( Scheming, vindictive Charlotte was murdered by Kit in 1973, and then Kit herself was shot by Joe Werner in self-defense in 1974, after she had attempted to poison Sara McEntire.

* The Trio ( 1973 album ), by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Pedersen

Michael Joseph " Mickey Joe " Harte ( born 1973 ), now simply known as Mickey Harte, is an Irish singer-songwriter.

* Country Joe is mentioned in the song " California Saga / California " on the 1973 album Holland by The Beach Boys

* " Sing " ( Joe Raposo song ), 1973, covered by the Carpenters

Joe Bonsall, a Philadelphia native who was a member of the Keystone Quartet and recording on Duane Allen's Superior label, joined in October 1973 ( coincidentally, both Sterban and Bonsall had been members of the Keystones during the late ' 60s, recording much of the ORB's material ).

* Joe Alioto Veronese ( born 1973 ), San Francisco politician

1973 found him as Domenic Troiano's replacement, who had replaced Joe Walsh, in the James Gang.

* CB — Joe Fourqurean — 1973 – 1981 — 122 games

Fusion's biggest hits, Corea's " Spain " ( 1971 ), Hancock's " Chameleon " ( 1973 ) and Joe Zawinul's " Birdland " ( 1977 ), have been covered numerous times thereafter and are considered modern jazz standards.