* 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

* Ventris, Michael and John Chadwick, 1973.

The so-called Weil conjectures were hugely influential from around 1950 ; they were later proved by Bernard Dwork, Alexander Grothendieck, Michael Artin, and Pierre Deligne, who completed the most difficult step in 1973.

Peter Rodman and Michael Lind claimed that the US intervention saved Cambodia from collapse in 1970 and 1973.

* Supplements: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, " Blood and Steel: Making of Enter the Dragon ", " Bruce Lee: In His Own Words ", Linda Lee Cadwell interview gallery, " original " 1973 making-of featurette, " Backyard Workout with Bruce Lee "

* Supplements: Disc 1: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, " Blood and Steel: Making of Enter the Dragon ", " Bruce Lee: In His Own Words ", Linda Lee Cadwell interview gallery, " Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon " original 1973 documentary, " Backyard Workout With Bruce Lee " Disc 2: " Curse of the Dragon " feature-length documentary, " Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey " feature-length documentary, theatrical trailers, TV spots

* Supplements: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, Isolated music score, an all-new introduction and interview with Linda Lee Cadwell, " Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon " original 1973 documentary, " Backyard Workout with Bruce ", " Bruce Lee In His Own Words ", theatrical trailers, TV spots, cast and crew biographies, " Significance of Belts in Martial Arts " notes, " Heir to the Throne " – Jackie Chan notes, retrospective of Hong Kong martial arts films notes and stills, behind-the-scenes notes, reel recommendations – 16 movies

* Supplements: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, isolated music score, an all-new introduction and interview with Linda Lee Cadwell, " Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon " original 1973 documentary, " Backyard Workout with Bruce ", " Bruce Lee: In His Own Words ", theatrical trailers, TV spots, cast and crew biographies, 10 exclusive Enter the Dragon postcards, 8 reproductions of original lobby cards, reproduction of the original press brochure

* Supplements: Audio commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and screenwriter Michael Allin, " Blood and Steel: Making of Enter the Dragon ", " Bruce Lee: In His Own Words ", Linda Lee Cadwell interview gallery, " Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon " original 1973 documentary, " Backyard Workout with Bruce Lee ", " Curse of the Dragon " feature-length documentary, " Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey " feature-length documentary, theatrical trailers, TV spots

* Ventris and Chadwick: Gods found in Mycenaean Greece: a table drawn up from Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek second edition ( Cambridge 1973 )

* 1973 – Michael Johnson, Jamaican footballer

* 1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player

* Some Sword and planet series, such as Michael Moorcock's Kane of Old Mars trilogy ( 1965 ) and Lin Carter's Mysteries of Mars ( 1973 – 1984 ) are deliberately anachronistic homages to earlier visions of Mars, particularly Burroughs '.

* Michael Bentine's Potty Time ( 1973 – 80 )

* 1973 – Michael Oakes, English footballer

Michael Halliday ( 1973 ) outlined seven functions of language with regard to the grammar used by children:

** Michael Dunn, a. k. a. Gary Neil Miller, dwarf American actor and singer ( The Wild Wild West ) ( d. 1973 )

* Bloomfield, Harold ; Cain, Michael Peter ; Jaffe, Dennis T. ( 1973 ) TM: Discovering Inner Energy and Overcoming Stress

Her first marriage to Michael Attenborough, the son of British film actor / director Richard Attenborough, lasted from 1971 to 1973.

* 1973: People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization by Michael Kammen

* Secrets ( 1973 ) – for TV, with Michael Palin

The band made their public debut in a one-off performance in April 1973, and featured Robert Smith ( piano ), Michael " Mick " Dempsey ( guitar ), Laurence " Lol " Tolhurst ( percussion ), Marc Ceccagno ( lead guitar ) and Alan Hill ( bass guitar ).

In 1973, BBC Radio 3 aired an adaptation directed by Martin Jenkins, starring Michael Aldridge as Titus, Barbara Jefford as Tamora, Julian Glover as Aaron and Frances Jeater as Lavinia.

Notable later 20th century productions include the Hilton Edwards ' 1959 production at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, starring Milo O ' Shea and Anna Manahan ; John Barton's 1960 Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Peter O ' Toole and Peggy Ashcroft, and which included both the complete Induction and the epilogue from A Shrew ; Maurice Daniels's 1961 RSC production at the Aldwych Theatre, starring Derek Godfrey and Vanessa Redgrave ; Trevor Nunn's 1969 RSC production also at the Aldwych, starring Michael Williams and Janet Suzman ; Clifford Williams ' 1973 RSC production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Alan Bates and Susan Fleetwood ; William Ball's 1976 commedia dell ' arte-style production at the American Conservatory Theater ; Wilford Leach's 1978 production at the Delacorte Theater, starring Raúl Juliá and Meryl Streep ; Barry Kyle's 1982 RSC production at the Barbican Centre, starring Alun Armstrong and Sinéad Cusack ; Toby Robertson's 1986 production at the Clwyd Theatr Cymru, starring Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave ; Jonathan Miller's 1987 RSC production at the Barbican, starring Brian Cox and Fiona Shaw ; A. J.

The DVD set also includes the only surviving ( and rather poor quality ) recording of Palin and Jones's comic BBC play Secrets from 1973, as well as a documentary by Michael Palin entitled Comic Roots in which he goes back to visit his home town.