* 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

Roselyn Sánchez ( born April 2, 1973 ) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, model, actress, producer and writer of film and television.

* Alex Sánchez ( boxer ) ( born 1973 )

Sánchez Vidal began working with defunct Spanish airline Spantax, acquiring his first model, a Convair CV-990 of that airline, in 1973.

Alex " El Nene " Sánchez ( born June 5, 1973 ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer.

Efren Antonio Ramirez de la Cruz ( born October 2, 1973 ) is an American actor, best known for playing Pedro Sánchez in the 2004 indie film Napoleon Dynamite.

* Blanca Sánchez, 1973 Adaptation

* 1973 – Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor

* 1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican businessman and author

* 1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer

In a 1973 court case, a federal judge created one of the first mandated quotas when he ruled that half of the Bridgeport, Connecticut Police Department's new employees must be either black or Puerto Rican.

Félix " Tito " Trinidad, Jr. ( born January 10, 1973 ) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered one of the best in Puerto Rico's history.

Category: 1973 in Puerto Rico

As a result, in November 1973, Puerto Rico witnessed one of the largest labor disputes between the local Actors Union and Tommy Muñiz Productions.

* 1973: First bank in Puerto Rico to offer combined accounts.

His nickname " Sunshine " came from a short stint ( 1973 ) as a disc jockey for San Juan-based WBMJ-AM, Puerto Rico's first rock and roll station ( another WBMJ disc jockey at the time, Raymond Broussard, better known as Moonshadow, later became the co-host of El Vacilón de la Mañana, a very popular Spanish language morning radio talk show in New York City ).

While performing with his sister Nelly in New York's Teatro Puerto Rico in 1973, Tony was introduced to New York bred but Puerto Rico born vocalist Roberto Tirado who suggested that he compose a hit song for his idol Lucecita Benítez who was going through hard times in her career.

In the Caribbean, long-time promotion the World Wrestling Council, owned by Carlos Colon and based out of Puerto Rico, was a member from 1973 until 1988, when the territory concept became semi-obsolete due to WCW ’ s growth.

" Desde Las Entrañas was the political declaration of the First Congress of the United States Branch of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, approved on April 1, 1973.

On October 19, 1973, Lorca, along with Puerto Lumbreras, suffered a terrible flood that took more than 50 lives.

Raymond (" Richie ") Dalmau ( born 1973 ) is a retired basketball player from Puerto Rico, the eldest son of the legendary Raymond Dalmau.

On July 14, 1973, the then-Colonel Rodríguez Balinas took command of the 166th Support Group and was given full command and control of all USAR ( United States Army Reserve ) units in Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

* Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo, former Governor of Puerto Rico ( 1969 – 1973 )

In 1973, he spoke before the United Nations about Puerto Rico being a colony of the United States and demanded the decolonization of the island.

The band was stationed in Puerto Rico until 1973, when they moved to New Orleans, LA.

From 1973 to 1977 he served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.