1973 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 1973 in the United States. The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade, the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and end of the United States participation in the Vietnam War, the end of the post-World War II boom and the beginning of the first of a series of recessions that continued over the next decade, and the first oil crisis.[1][2]

1973
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Incumbents edit

Federal government edit

Events edit

January edit

 
January 20: Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, begins his second term

February edit

March edit

April edit

May edit

 
May 3: Sears Tower is completed
 
May 14: Skylab is launched

June edit

July edit

August edit

September edit

October edit

 
October 10: Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President of the U.S.

November edit

"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."

President Richard Nixon, November 17, 1973

December edit

 
December 6: Gerald Ford becomes the 40th U.S. vice president

Ongoing edit

Births edit

January edit

 
Dan Harmon
 
Harmony Korine
 
Josie Davis
 
Jalen Rose
 
Portia de Rossi

February edit

 
Oscar De La Hoya
 
Tara Strong
 
Jen Taylor
 
Andrea Savage
 
Justin Sane
 
Anson Mount

March edit

 
Jahana Hayes
 
Betsy Brandt
 
Ronna McDaniel
 
Alex Padilla
 
Jim Parsons
 
T. R. Knight
 
Larry Page

April edit

 
Rachel Maddow
 
Adam Scott
 
Pharrell Williams
 
Jennifer Esposito
 
Adrien Brody
 
Akon
 
Jorge Garcia
 
Steven Horsford

May edit

 
Jason 'Weeman' Acuña
 
Tori Spelling
 
Sasha Alexander
 
Josh Homme
 
Demetri Martin
 
Minae Noji

June edit

 
Heidi Klum
 
Neil Patrick Harris
 
Chino Moreno
 
Josh Shapiro
 
Juliette Lewis

July edit

 
Patrick Wilson
 
Brian Austin Green
 
Tim Ryan
 
Raja Krishnamoorthi
 
Saïd Taghmaoui
 
Ali Landry
 
Omar Epps

August edit

 
Chris Murphy
 
Vera Farmiga
 
Scott Stapp
 
Howie D.
 
Kristen Wiig
 
Dave Chappelle
 
Mary Peltola

September edit

 
Jason David Frank
 
Rose McGowan
 
Shannon Elizabeth
 
Paul Walker
 
Nas
 
James Marsden

October edit

 
Efren Ramirez
 
Steve Burns
 
Mario Lopez
 
Alvin Bragg
 
Seth MacFarlane
 
Lori Trahan
 
Montel Vontavious Porter

November edit

 
Marisol Nichols
 
Johnny Damon
 
Nick Lachey
 
Stephanie Bice
 
Peter Facinelli
 
Nimród Antal

December edit

 
Holly Marie Combs
 
Tyra Banks
 
Terrell Owens
 
Corey Taylor
 
Stephenie Meyer
 
Seth Meyers

Full date unknown edit

 
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
 
John Badalamenti
 
Batting Stance Guy
 
Alan Bjerga
 
Cindy Lynn Brown
 
Pieta Brown

Deaths edit

 
Lyndon B. Johnson
 
Wally Cox
 
Dickinson W. Richards
 
George Sisler
 
Merian C. Cooper
 
Alexander Vandegrift
 
Betty Grable
 
Veronica Lake
 
Bruce Lee
 
Jim Croce
 
Gene Krupa
 
Albert DeSalvo
 
Bobby Darin

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Woodruff, Judy (January 23, 2015). "When four historic events happened over three days in 1973". PBS Newshour. Washington, D.C.
  2. ^ Levinson, Mark. "How economic boom times in the West came to an end". Aeon. Melbourne. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  3. ^ James Stuart Olson, ed. (1999). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6.
  4. ^ Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  5. ^ "Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago". BBC News. April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "Birthplace of Hip Hop". History Detectives. PBS. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  7. ^ American Graffiti, retrieved November 8, 2022
  8. ^ a b "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 26, 2014
  9. ^ "Attorney General, Prosecutor Picked". The Argus-Press. Associated Press. November 1, 1973.
  10. ^ "Isabel Randolph : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)" – via www.classicmoviehub.com.
  11. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 309/310. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  12. ^ ~Alice Hollister~
  13. ^ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 163.
  14. ^ "Raymond Williams". joincalifornia.com.
  15. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
  16. ^ "Robert Smithson, 35, A Sculptor, Is Dead". The New York Times. New York City. July 24, 1973.
  17. ^ Morton Lyndholm Deyo 1 July 1887-10 November 1973
  18. ^ "Lila Lee, 68, Dies; Silent Film Star". The New York Times. November 14, 1973. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
  19. ^ "Charles Greeley Abbot American astrophysicist". January 30, 2024.

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External links edit

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