It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson ( later to become a regular presenter on the show ) following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and daft stuff between the programmes.

` Alexander Mackenzie `, the Royal Military College of Canada March for bagpipes, was composed in his honour by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985.

In 1973, Arau acted in and directed Calzónzin Inspector (" Cazonci " or " Caltzontzin " was the term used in the Purépecha culture, to name their emperors.

Most of the Project's titles, especially the early work, share common traits ( likely influenced by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, on which Parsons was the audio engineer in 1973 ).

At that time, the ENIAC was considered to be the first computer in the modern sense, but in 1973 a U. S. District Court invalidated the ENIAC patent and concluded that the ENIAC inventors had derived the subject matter of the electronic digital computer from Atanasoff ( see Patent dispute ).

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota released its judgement on October 19, 1973, finding in Honeywell v. Sperry Rand that the ENIAC patent was a derivative of John Atanasoff's invention.

The case was legally resolved on October 19, 1973 when U. S. District Judge Earl R. Larson held the ENIAC patent invalid, ruling that the ENIAC derived many basic ideas from the Atanasoff – Berry Computer.

It was renamed in honor of Lyndon Johnson by federal law, soon after his death in 1973.

In 1973, a short animated film called Perseus was made in the Soviet Union.

" The Abadan oil refinery was featured on the reverse side of Iran's 100-rial banknotes printed in 1965 and from 1971 to 1973.

In 1973, there was internal conflict over whether to call for the impeachment of Richard Nixon.

In 1973, Mohammed Daoud Khan was brought to power in a coup d ' état against the Afghan King and the Republic of Afghanistan was established.

:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.

In 1973 Albion was named an All-America City by the National Civic League.

In 1973 Andrei Sakharov was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1974 was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

The term archaeoastronomy was first used by Elizabeth Chesley Baity ( at the suggestion of Euan MacKie ) in 1973, but as a topic of study it may be much older, depending on how archaeoastronomy is defined.

After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award-nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker ; his first film, The Famous Comedians School, was a satiric short that appeared on PBS and was an early example of the mockumentary sub-genre.

The University of Aveiro was created in 1973 and is considered one of the most dynamic and innovative universities of Portugal, attracting thousands of students to the city.

On August 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc was a D. J.

Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks ' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa.

A precursor to the public bulletin board system was Community Memory, started in August, 1973 in Berkeley, California, using hardwired terminals located in neighborhoods.

In 1973, Movement 2 June member Gabi Kröcher-Tiedemann was arrested after shooting a policeman and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Carl Isaacs, Coleman and Dungee were tried by jury in Seminole County in 1973, convicted and sentenced to death.

On June 1, 1973, he pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Five persons were sentenced to death ( for murder ) on the Isle of Man between 1973 and 1992, although all sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.

He was tried in court and sentenced to banishment for four years on 14 May 1973.

In 1973, 19 year old Washington was arrested for 2nd degree robbery and sentenced to five years at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California.

In June 1973, the project, with a complete new design, was restarted by Nicolae Ceauşescu, who had previously ordered the rehabilitation of people sentenced in the 1952 trial, and who aimed to withdraw the Lower Danube from Soviet control ( which had been consecrated by the 1948 Danube Conference ).

On March 23, 1973, the five Watergate burglars, along with G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were sentenced with stiff fines and prison time.

In 1973, Tunku Iskandar was convicted of assault and was sentenced to six months imprisonment, of which Salleh Abas served as the public prosecutor hearing the case.

In January, 1973 he was the first person convicted under the Offences Against the State ( Amendment ) Act 1972 and was sentenced to six months in the Curragh Military Prison.

By December 1973, Soviet authorities grew increasingly suspicious of Parajanov's perceived subversive proclivities ( particularly his bisexuality ) and sentenced him to five years in a hard labor camp in Siberia for " a rape of a Communist Party member, and the propagation of pornography.

Viktor Nekipelov, a well-known dissident poet, was arrested in 1973, sent to the Section 4 of the Serbsky Institute of Forensic Psychiatry for psychiatric evaluation, which lasted from 15 January to 12 March 1974, was judged sane ( which he was ), tried, and sentenced to two years ' imprisonment.

1973 he was sentenced for mail fraud and jailed in Springfield, Missouri.

Kérékou accused Alley of plotting against him on February 28, 1973, and sentenced the latter to 20 years in prison.

Kérékou accused Alley of plotting against him on February 28, 1973, and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

In March 1973, Dellacroce was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to five years in prison.

In a well-publicised trial in 1973 five members of the Red Front were sentenced to various periods in prison.

Harrelson was tried again in 1973 ; this time he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In 1973 Buck was convicted on two counts of purchasing ( otherwise legal ) ammunition using false identification and sentenced to ten years in prison.

In September 1973 Pilcher was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment.

In 1973, Gene was convicted in state court of illegal possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 18 months in state prison.

In 1973, he was arrested along with a number of fellow IRA men while robbing a bank and was sentenced to five years imprisonment.