* 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

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, child psychiatrist Herbert Schreier at Children ’ s Hospital told Harvard Medical School microbiologist Jon Beckwith of Science for the People that he thought Walzer ’ s Boston XYY study was unethical ; Science for the People investigated the study and filed a complaint with Harvard Medical School about the study in March 1974.

* Jon Runyan ( born 1973 ), U. S. Congressman who played offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles.

The first Jerry Cornelius book, The Final Programme was made into a 1973 film starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre.

* Jon Holmes ( born 1973 ), British comedy writer and broadcaster

For instance, slit-scan was used by Bernard Lodge to create the Doctor Who title sequences for Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker used between December 1973 and January 1980.

* Jon Evans ( born 1973 ), Canadian author of thrillers with a political background

In the 1973 American League Championship Series, in which the A's defeated the Baltimore Orioles, he led off Game 2 with a home run, and won Game 3 with a leadoff home run in the 11th inning ; in Game 7 of that year's World Series against the New York Mets, both he and Reggie Jackson hit two-run home runs in the third inning off Jon Matlack — the only two home runs Oakland would hit the entire series.

* Jon Holmes ( b. 1973 ), British comedy writer and broadcaster

Jon Daniel Runyan ( born November 27, 1973 ) is the U. S. Representative for.

The name refers to Donald Duck and was first used by author Jon Gisle in his book Donaldismen in 1973.

The first research in the name of donaldism was done in 1973 by Jon Gisle and was presented in his book " Donaldismen ".

The words " The Last Dangerous Visions " will make sense to science fiction fans ( it's a book that's been famously " coming soon " since 1973 ).< BR >— Jon Reeves, IMDb. com, April 21, 2008

The original line-up consisted of James Hearn ( born 19 June 1976 ) ( vocals ), Michael Harwood ( born 12 December 1975 ) ( guitar ), Jon O ' Mahony ( born 10 August 1973 ) ( drums ) and Nick Keynes ( born 3 May 1972 ) ( bass ).

The initial drivers in 1973 were Lee Mueller and Jon Woodner.

* Jon Wilson, Class President 1973, Director of Affiliate Relations with Citadel Media-Dallas ; ABC Radio News and The Mike Huckabee Report