1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster
The 1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster occurred at Kecskemét, Hungary on January 30, 1973. A commuter train smashed into a regular route bus which was weaving around the half boom barriers.


1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster
At least thirty-seven people were killed and eighteen people were injured.


1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster, Special circumstances
Most of the trains on this line are stopping trains, and as the platform was located within the warning zone of the level crossing, the warning times were necessarily longer than would be the case of a level crossing located away from any station, say 90 seconds instead of 30 seconds.


1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster, Special circumstances
Local drivers knew this and many came to the conclusion that it would do no harm to weave around the barriers for the first period of warning.


1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster, Special circumstances
On the day of the accident, a train was running that did not conform to the normal pattern. It ran express without stopping at the station, so that the warning time was reduced to the standard 30 seconds. Some road traffic including the bus assumed that the longer 90 second warning time still applied, and was thus caught out when this did not apply.


1973 Kecskemét level crossing disaster, Level crossing predictors
Ideally the level crossing warning times should be the same for all trains. This can be implemented with so-called predictor circuits which are made by a number of manufacturers. However predictors have certain limitations; they cannot always be installed where there is complicated pointwork, and sometimes where the lines are electrified. It may also be possible that the type of predictor available in 1973, and which may have had to be bought with hard currency, were less able to handle these problems.


1973 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1973 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Don James, the Golden Flashes compiled a 9–2 record (4–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 300 to 131. Nick Saban was a graduate assistant on James' staff during the 1973 season.


1973 Kentucky Derby
The 1973 Kentucky Derby was the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Secretariat won the Derby in a record time of 1:59+2⁄5, 2+1⁄2 lengths ahead of Sham, while Our Native finished in third position. Of the thirteen horses that entered and started the race, all horses completed the event. The event was viewed in person by a then-record crowd of 134,476, while also being broadcast both on television and over the radio.


1973 Kentucky Derby
In the days leading up to the race, Secretariat was seen as the favorite to win by many; however there were doubts about him following a third-place finish at the Wood Memorial Stakes two weeks prior to the Derby. In the wake of Secretariat's loss, Angle Light and, in particular, Sham were the horses that were seen as the most likely to win the Derby, aside from Secretariat. Many sportswriters believed that the horses in the field possessed great speed and thought the course record would be broken.


1973 Kentucky Derby
Shecky Greene took the lead first and led for the majority of the first seven furlongs. Sham took the lead from Shecky Greene near the three quarter mile mark. As the horses entered the homestretch, Secretariat passed Sham in the final furlong and distanced himself to consolidate his lead. Secretariat would go on to win the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in the succeeding weeks, thus becoming the ninth horse to complete the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Thirteen horses entered the Derby, which could have at most twenty participants. Horse owners had to pay a final entry fee of $2,500 to have their horses officially entered. The field was larger than anticipated because of new entries following Secretariat's loss at the Wood Memorial Stakes in New York.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
The Wood Memorial had been the last prep race for three year-olds before the Kentucky Derby. It was a 1+1⁄8 mile contest held two weeks prior at Aqueduct Racetrack. Angle Light, whom groom Edward Sweat called a "very quiet horse," won the race by a length ahead of Sham, while Secretariat finished in third, four lengths behind. Secretariat's third-place finish led spectators and sportswriters to question his ability and health; but it was later thought that his performance in the Wood had been affected by a mouth abscess  discovered prior to the race. It was his first defeat since he had finished fourth in his first race and had been relegated from first to second place because of an infraction during the Champagne Stakes, both of which occurred during his two-year-old campaign.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Secretariat was nonetheless the morning line favorite of the Derby entrants, despite losing the Wood. This was because he had been 1972 American Horse of the Year for a two-year-old campaign that featured seven victories in nine starts. Secretariat also won the two races he had entered prior to the Wood Memorial, the Gotham and Bay Shore Stakes. Sham's trainer, Frank "Pancho" Martin, stated that Secretariat was the horse to beat and the only way to "knock" the horse was to beat him.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Sham, who had won the Santa Anita Derby, was seen as the most formidable challenger to Secretariat in the Derby because of his finish ahead of Secretariat in the Wood and his Santa Anita victory. Coming off the heels of his victory at the Wood, Angle Light was seen as a threat to win. Angle Light was also trained by Lucien Laurin along with Secretariat, and thus Secretariat and Angle Light were coupled for betting purposes.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Flamingo Stakes winner Our Native finished first or second in seven of his nine starts during the 1973 season, causing him to be named as a contender. Blue Grass Stakes winner My Gallant and Shecky Greene, who won the Fountain of Youth Stakes, were both trained in Chicago by Lou Goldline, which also resulted in their odds being coupled. Goldline said the two horses were similar and would do well at Churchill Downs because they both liked fast tracks. Impecunious, who was victorious in the Arkansas Derby, was initially entered in the race, but withdrew two days before because of a bruised heel. None of the competing horses had been sired by a previous Derby winner.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Florida Derby winner Royal and Regal had been suffering some problems with his feet going into the race and was seen as a horse that could potentially be scratched before the race began. Shecky Greene, Angle Light, and Royal and Regal were thought to be the only horses in the field that had "appreciable early speed" and would challenge to be the leader out of the gates.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
My Gallant was to be ridden by Angel Cordero, but Cordero was suspended for ten days starting the day of the Derby for a rules infraction on a race on May 2. Braulio Baeza was chosen to jockey My Gallant, after being dropped by the owners of Shecky Greene in advance of the race because they were unsure whether that horse would be entered into the Derby. Larry Adams was ultimately selected as the jockey for Shecky Greene. With the speed of the horses entered, many thought that course record of 2:00 would be broken.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Pre-race coverage
Chicago Tribune writer David Condon chose Shecky Greene to win the race because he felt the course was suited for him and because his great grandfather was Bull Lea, who sired three Derby winners. Condon picked Warbucks as his second-place finisher because Warbucks' trainer, Don Combs, trained the 1970 Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander and his jockey, Bill Hartack, was "long overdue" for a win and would have Warbucks near the front. Gerald Strine of The Washington Post believed Sham could win the race if he allowed Shecky Greene or Royal and Regal lead the majority of the race and made a move towards the end. Strine picked Sham to win and My Gallant to finish second.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Event details
Derby officials set the official post-time at 5:40 PM EDT. It was broadcast over television and radio through CBS and WCBS, respectively. Win Elliot served as the commentator for the pre-race coverage, while Ray Haight announced it for the third consecutive year. All horses competing weighed 126 pounds. The prize money for the race was set at $198,800. The first through fourth placed horses received $155,050, $25,000, $12,500, and $5,000, respectively. The weather during the Derby was clear and the course conditions were fast.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Event details
The official attendance of the event was 134,476, of which 70,000 were estimated to be in the infield of Churchill Downs. This surpassed the previous Derby record of 130,564; however the record lasted only a year as the 1974 edition attracted 163,628 spectators. Dwight Chapin of Los Angeles Times and author Timothy Capps credited the increased attendance due to Secretariat's loss at the Wood.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Race summary
Twice a Prince reared in the starting gate, which delayed the start. Out of the starting gate, Shecky Greene set the pace for the field, while race favorite Secretariat started in last place. Exiting the gate, Sham hit his mouth against the gate and subsequently bumped into Navajo before gaining proper stride. Sham briefly took the lead around the quarter-mile marker, but Shecky Greene quickly retook the lead. Beginning the first turn, Secretariat had moved ahead of only two horses; however, in the next quarter-mile Secretariat moved into sixth position.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Race summary
A half-mile in, Shecky Greene maintained a three length lead over Gold Bag, but his pace had slowed compared to the first quarter. Sham remained close to the front of the field within the top four for the first half of the race; he moved into second position as the field reached the half-mile post. At the three-quarters post, at the start of the homestretch, Shecky Greene began to fade and Sham overtook him to move into first going into the final furlong. Secretariat, who had passed his competitors on the outside throughout the race, overtook Sham in the final furlong and pulled ahead, finishing 2+1⁄2 horse lengths in front of Sham. Our Native took third and Forego, who went on to win multiple Eclipse Awards as an older horse, was fourth.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Race summary
Secretariat's winning time of 1:59+2⁄5 and last quarter mile in 23 seconds were both records for the Derby. In addition, he had run each quarter-mile faster than before, with times of 25+1⁄5, 24, 23+4⁄5, 23+2⁄5, and 23 seconds. Furthermore, Secretariat became the first horse in Derby history to run the race in under 2 minutes at the 11⁄4 mile distance. Sham maintained his stride and crossed the line in second place, eight lengths ahead of third-place finisher Our Native, who had lost ground on the final turn into the homestretch. Sham also broke the previous course record with a time of 1:59+4⁄5. Shecky Greene, who led for most of the race, finished in sixth position.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Analysis
The win in the Kentucky Derby marked Secretariat's third win in the four races he had run as a three-year-old. After the race, jockey Ron Turcotte stated, in response to Secretariat's last place start, he "just dropped my hand on him and let him run his own race." With Secretariat's victory, trainer Lucien Laurin had his second consecutive win in the Derby, as Riva Ridge won in 1972. Turcotte accomplished a similar feat as he had ridden Riva Ridge, marking the third time a jockey had won in the Derby in consecutive years.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Analysis
When Secretariat pulled alongside Sham, Sham's jockey, Laffit Pincay Jr., felt Sham had a lot left, "but that other horse was just too much." Pincay stated that in future races, he planned to "wait a little longer before making my move." Donald Brumfield, Our Native's jockey said Twice a Prince kicked Our Native in the hoof and body while rearing in the starting gate. This forced Brumfield to dismount and adjust the saddle, delaying the Derby's start. Despite this, Brumfield stated he did not "want to make excuses, everything considered, my horse did fine."


1973 Kentucky Derby, Analysis
Betting on the ten races held that day at Churchill Downs totaled to $7,627,965, breaking the previous single-day record for American horse racing events of $7,164,717. Off-track betting on the Kentucky Derby reached $3,050,194, which was included in the previous record total.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Analysis
Secretariat went on to participate in the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, where he finished in first. Sham was second, again, by a margin of 2+1⁄2 lengths. Three weeks after the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes featured a five-horse field. Secretariat won by 31 lengths with a time of 2:24 for the mile and a half, both course records in their own right.


1973 Kentucky Derby, Analysis
Through his combined victories at the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, and Kentucky Derby, Secretariat became the ninth horse to complete the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, and the first horse since Citation in 1948, ending a 25-year period without a Triple Crown winner. Secretariat's times in all three Triple Crown races were course records and still stand to this day.


1973 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1973 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Fran Curci, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the SEC.


1973 Kentucky Wildcats football team
This was Kentucky's first season playing at Commonwealth Stadium. The Wildcats christened the facility with a 31-26 victory vs. Virginia Tech in their season opener.


1973 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included Sonny Collins with 1,213 rushing yards and 78 points scored, Mike Fanuzzi with 572 passing yards, and Elmore Stephens with 282 receiving yards. Three Kentucky players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and/or United Press International (UPI) on the 1973 All-SEC football team: Sonny Collins (AP, UPI); and end Jim McCollum (UPI); defensive back Darryl Bishop (UPI).


1973 Kerrier District Council election
Kerrier was a non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, created by the Local Government Act 1972. Elections were held to the new authorities in 1973, and they acted as "shadow authorities" until the handover date. Elections were held on 7 June. All 18 divisions were up for election, covering 42 seats across single and multiple-member wards.


1973 Kerrier District Council election, Results, By Ward
The electoral division results listed below are in alphabetical order, as described at the time, including numbered divisions.


1973 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1973 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.


1973 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Fenians won the championship after a 7-08 to 5-10 defeat of James Stephens in the final. It was their third championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1973 King's Cup
The 1973 King's Cup finals were held from December 16 until December 25, 1973, once again in Bangkok. This was the 6th edition of the international football competition. Some results are not clear of the outcome.


1973 King's Cup
The tournaments format was changed once again and reverted to two groups of three teams.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
The 1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike was a strike among strippers working in clubs in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Kings Cross. Strippers went on strike from October to December 1973 over poor wages and working conditions and the sackings of workers who protested. The strippers received some support from the wider trade union movement, and emerged successful, with the reinstatement of striking workers and improved wages and working conditions.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
In October 1973, a number of strippers at two major Kings Cross strip clubs, the Pink Panther and the Staccato, joined the Actors Equity union. Janine Gair, a stripper who had been a union member for several years, discovered that the union had agreed to accept strippers and encouraged her colleagues to join. The strippers wanted to take action to improve their working conditions, but the union wanted to gather more information first, and the union organiser representing them, Colin Voight, went on leave for two weeks.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
The strippers, frustrated, contacted television program A Current Affair, for which four of them were sacked on 29 October. Another seven workers had gone out on strike demanding their reinstatement by 1 November, and by mid-November another five were on strike, for a total of sixteen. It was reported that the last group had walked out in the middle of the 11.30 show on a Friday evening. The union was initially dismissive of strippers' concerns about violence and the urgency of change, but subsequently changed their view. The clubs were owned by Peter Farrugia, who was rumoured to be a frontman for organised crime figure Abe Saffron. The clubs brought in non-union labour from Adelaide, reportedly from other clubs that Saffron owned; the move was met with a picket from the striking workers.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
The strippers complained that they were working more hours for less pay than they had in the past, had dressing room and safety facilities that were "almost non-existent", were fined for calling in sick or if they refused to perform for the manager at the conclusion of a shift, and were fired for not working Christmas Eve or Good Friday. They drew up a log of sixteen claims sought, including a fee for extra performances, the ability to decline extra performances, and a ban on requiring strippers to perform in films. The clubs reportedly paid the lowest rates in Kings Cross.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
On 9 November 1973, Actors Equity organiser Voight was seriously assaulted by bouncers while attempting to enter the Pink Panther. The boyfriend of one of the strippers had also been assaulted earlier in the strike. By mid-November, with no progress three weeks into the strike, Actors Equity requested that the State Labor Council cut off all supplies, goods and services to the clubs.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
The State Labor Council approved the ban on 15 November, cutting off "all services and goods, including mail, water, electricity, food, drinks, cigarettes and tobacco", and seeking a meeting with Premier Robert Askin about violence in the entertainment industry. The council's acting secretary, John Ducker, a powerful right-wing Catholic unionist, released a statement that "there is no place for this sort of business in Australia".


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
By 20 November, it was reported that the clubs had offered an increase in wages to $150 per week and some improvements in working conditions, but had refused to re-employ all the strikers. The approach of the striking workers towards reinstatement was described at that time as "one back all back". Gair told media that she was "delighted by the union movement's support" and that "it will force the club's management to realise that trade unions are not to be laughed at". She stated that she believed they would get their jobs back and that the workers hoped for a management change.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
On 23 November, the striking workers held a protest march along Darlinghurst Road through Kings Cross to the El Alamein Fountain. A "shoving duel" between demonstrators and "heavies" took place as they passed the Pink Panther. The march was addressed by state Labor MP George Petersen, federal Building Workers' Industrial Union secretary Pat Clancy and the federal organiser of Actors Equity, N. Kirkpatrick.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
Clancy announced that he would request that the Australian Council of Trade Unions support the state black ban on the clubs, and Petersen told media that "it is incredible that these clubs are allowed to operate under conditions that are illegal". The Builders Labourers Federation leadership were also present at pickets and demonstrations during the strike.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
On 26 November, the Staccato club blew up in an explosion caused by petrol spread over the club's floor, which gutted the club. On 30 November, the Builders Labourers Federation put a work ban on reconstruction until both the strike and the assault on Voight had been settled. The fire was started by club and organised crime figure James Macartney Anderson, a friend of Farrugia's. Anderson claimed that he had seen two men "acting suspiciously", had stopped to investigate, and had not smelled petrol before he lit a cigarette, which started the fire. Farrugia supported Anderson's story, and police told a 1974 inquest that Anderson had "inadvertently" started the fire. Author Duncan McNab wrote that Farrugia "had wanted to get out of that particular strip club, which was losing him money".


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
On 7 December, strippers and supporters picketed outside the Pink Panther, at which Kirkpatrick read a message from state Opposition Leader Neville Wran criticising the lack of award wages for the strippers. Gair announced that, as spokesperson for the striking workers, she had received five death threats during the strike to that date. Kirkpatrick sought entry to the club under union entry laws with a police escort, but was refused, and announced an intention to prosecute the club for breaching the Industrial Arbitration Act. It was announced at that time that the State Labour Council would assist the striking workers in negotiating with the club to end the strike.


1973 Kings Cross strippers' strike
The strike ended on 12 December 1973, when the Pink Panther agreed to reinstate the striking workers with improved working conditions.


1973 LFF Lyga
The 1973 LFF Lyga was the 52nd season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 26 teams, and Nevezis Kedainiai won the championship.


1973 LPGA Championship
The 1973 LPGA Championship was the 19th LPGA Championship, held June 7–10 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.


1973 LPGA Championship
Mary Mills, the 1964 champion, won her second LPGA Championship, a stroke ahead of runner-up Betty Burfeindt. She entered the final round one stroke behind the three co-leaders; and carded a three-under 70 to gain her third and final major title.


1973 LPGA Tour
The 1973 LPGA Tour was the 24th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $82,864.


1973 LPGA Tour
There were four first-time winners in 1973: Jocelyne Bourassa, Mary Lou Crocker, Sharon Miller, and Carole Jo Skala. Mickey Wright won the last of her 82 LPGA events in 1973.


1973 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1973 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1973 LSU Tigers football team
The 1973 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 9–3 with a Southeastern Conference record of 5–1. It was McClendon's twelfth season as head coach at LSU.


1973 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1973 La Flèche Wallonne was the 37th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 19 April 1973. The race started in Verviers and finished in Marcinelle. The race was won by André Dierickx of the Flandria team.


1973 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1973. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), Deputy Leader (Edward Short), Labour Chief Whip (Bob Mellish), Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Fred Willey), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (Baron Shackleton), and Labour Chief Whip in the Lords (Baroness Llewelyn-Davies) were automatically members. The Labour Lords elected one further member, Baron Champion.


1973 Lady Gotham Tournament
The 1973 Lady Gotham Tournament was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Felt Forum in New York City, United States. The event was part of the USLTA Circuit of the 1973 Virginia Slims WTA Tour and was held from March 28 through April 1, 1973. Only a singles competition was played. Second-seeded Chris Evert won the title and earned $8,000 first-prize money.


1973 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1973 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season.


1973 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their third year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 6–3–1 record. Thomas Kubler and James Nolan were the team captains.


1973 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1973 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 1973 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1973 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The 1973 was the first season for the Cardinals to play in the new division created as a result of NCAA reorganization. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. The Cardinals finished the 1973 season with a 5–5 overall record and a 3–2 conference record.


1973 Langbaurgh Borough Council election
Elections for Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in May 1973. The entire Langbaurgh Borough Council was up for election as it was the first election since its formation. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of the council.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt
The 1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt was a final attempt to stave off a communist coalition government of the Kingdom of Laos. Exiled General Thao Ma returned from the Kingdom of Thailand on 20 August 1973 to take over Wattay International Airport outside the capital of Vientiane. Commandeering an AT-28, he led air strikes upon the office and home of his hated rival, General Kouprasith Abhay. While Thao Ma was unsuccessfully bombing Kouprasith, loyal Royalist troops retook the airfield. Shot down upon his return, Thao Ma was hauled from his airplane's wreckage and executed. The coalition agreement was signed 14 September 1973.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, Overview
Political factionalism within the upper ranks of the Royal Lao Army led to a series of coups in the Kingdom of Laos during the Laotian Civil War of the 1960s. When Phoumi Nosavan was forced into exile in February 1965, he could no longer use his influence to shield the officers in his rightwing faction. General Thao Ma, commander of the Royal Lao Air Force was one of those officers; he also went into exile in the neighboring Thailand, after his unsuccessful 1966 coup failed to take over the kingdom.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, Background
In 1973, former Laotian General Thao Ma was living in exile in Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as an air dispatcher for Air France for $270 per month. By the beginning of August, a deal was being thrashed out for a coalition government that would include the Laotian communist insurrectionists. Several Royal Lao Army officers traveled to Bangkok to keep Thao Ma posted on events. Rumors of a potential coup by Thao Ma began to surface in the Laotian capital of Vientiane.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, The coup
Despite the advance warnings, Thao Ma managed to surprise the populace of Vientiane. At 05:00 on 20 August 1973, he and about 60 of his followers boated across the Mekong River into the capital. Thao Ma was greeted enthusiastically by RLAF personnel at Wattay Airport, and began handing out blue and white scarves of allegiance to his followers. While Bounleut Saycocie took an armored car into town to secure the radio station, other rebels captured the bank and Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma's vacant house. At 07:00, Bounleut began broadcasting anti-communist communiques from the insurrectionists.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, The coup
With his underlings attending to the seizure of Vientiane, Thao Ma commandeered an AT-28 fighter-bomber. Accounts disagree on the number of sorties flown by Thao Ma and his wingmen. While contemporary news accounts state Thao Ma flew at least three times, historians note only that he was accompanied by six loyal pilots. It is agreed that his principal target was a fellow general whom he hated, Kouprasith Abhay. Both Kouprasith's home and office were bombed by the AT-28s, but missed him. As Royalist troops began to rally against the coup, American colonel Al Degroote drove to the home of the commanding general of the Air Force. General Sourith Don Sasorith refused to come out of hiding, and lurked in his house with a blue and white scarf handy.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, The coup
Even with Sourith's refusal to fight against it, the coup began to unravel. Royalist troops promptly recaptured the airfield. A Royalist soldier manning a truck-mounted machine gun managed to hit Thao Ma's aircraft. He crash-landed his smoking plane on Wattay's overrun area. An Air America crash truck crew fished him from the wreckage. He was capable of sitting up on his stretcher and thanking his rescuers.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, The coup
By 11:00, the coup was over. Thao Ma was tossed into a truck and taken to Kouprasith's headquarters where Kouprasith had his bodyguard shoot Thao Ma.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
There were ten killed on either side, and 14 insurrectionists captured. Bounluet Saycocie stole a helicopter to escape.


1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt, Aftermath
On 14 September 1973, the agreement to establish the Third Coalition Government was signed.


1973 Larne Borough Council election
Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


1973 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent


1973 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent


1973 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and VEF won the championship.


1973 Lebowan legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lebowa on 11 April 1973.


1973 Lebowan legislative election, Electoral system
The election was made on the basis of 40 seats. In addition, there were 60 ex officio seats.


1973 Leeds City Council election
The first elections to the newly created Leeds City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 96 seat council – three seats for each of the 32 wards – up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.


1973 Leeds City Council election
As well as replacing the County Borough of Leeds, the new council included:


1973 Leeds City Council election, Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1973 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1973 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Lehigh lost in the quarterfinal round of the national playoffs, and won the Lambert Cup.


1973 Lehigh Engineers football team
In their ninth year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 7–4–1 record (7–3–1  in the regular season). Kim McQuilken and Roger McFillin were the team captains.


1973 Lehigh Engineers football team
Although they did not appear at any point in the 1973 small-college AP or UPI national polls, the Engineers earned a share of the Lambert Cup, awarded to the best team from a mid-sized college in the East. Lehigh shared the honor with Delaware, which had started the year ranked No. 1 and ended at No. 10.


1973 Lehigh Engineers football team
Both Delaware and Lehigh also qualified for the first-ever NCAA Division II national playoff. Lehigh lost a road game to No. 2 Western Kentucky.


1973 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1973 Liberty Bowl
The 1973 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 17, 1973, in Memphis, Tennessee. In the 15th edition of the Liberty Bowl, the NC State Wolfpack defeated the Kansas Jayhawks, 31–18.


1973 Liberty Bowl, Background
The Wolfpack went a perfect 6–0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, winning their first ACC title since 1968. This was the first time the Wolfpack made bowl appearances in consecutive seasons. Kansas tied for second in the Big Eight Conference but was badly thinned by injuries to key personnel. This was their first bowl appearance since 1969. This was North Carolina State's third Liberty Bowl in 10 years (1963 and 1967 being the other two times).


1973 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
With the game a 10–10 tie early in the third quarter, Kansas' Bruce Adams called for a fair catch on a punt, but in the midst of heavy traffic he fell down on the field, with the ball bouncing off him. NC State recovered the ball deep in Kansas territory. Adams' argument that he was tripped were ignored by the referees (television replay appeared to show that he, indeed, had been tripped). The Wolfpack soon scored two plays later, and with momentum in their favor, scored twice more. Stan Fritts went for 83 yards on 18 carries in an MVP effort.


1973 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
The Jayhawks have not returned to the Liberty Bowl since this game. In the next 30 years, they went to bowl games only 5 times. While the Wolfpack also have not returned to the Liberty Bowl since this game, they played in 16 bowl games over the next 30 years.


1973 Liechtenstein referendums
Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 1973. The first was held on 11 February on introducing women's suffrage, but was rejected by 55.9% of voters. The second was held on 14 October on changing the electoral system to a candidate-based proportional system one, and was approved by 55.8% of voters. The third on 14 October was on reducing the electoral threshold from 18% to 8%, and was approved by 67.9% of voters.


1973 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1973 season was the club's 43rd year of existence, the 20th year in professional football and the 1st in the Segunda Categoría.


1973 Limavady District Council election
Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


1973 Limavady District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance


1973 Limavady District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent


1973 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1973 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1973 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 25 November 1973, Kilmallock won the championship after a 2-12 to 2-04 defeat of Killeedy in the final. It was their third championship title overall and their first championship title since 1967.


1973 Lincoln by-election
The Lincoln by-election of 1 March 1973 saw the re-election of Dick Taverne as Member of Parliament for Lincoln as a Democratic Labour representative, after Taverne's pro-Common Market views saw him repudiated by the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party. The by-election led to considerable speculation, stoked by Taverne, about the formation of a new centre party, but Taverne was unable to make his victory last.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Background
Dick Taverne had first been elected in Lincoln at a previous by-election in 1962. His selection then had been controversial as the shortlist had been restricted to three supporters of Hugh Gaitskell in order to stop a left-wing candidate winning; a group of left-wingers led by Leo Beckett had walked out of the selection declaring that the three were "all of a kind". The left-wing faction soon gained ground in the local party although no moves were made against Taverne.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Background
When the Labour Party went into opposition after 1970, tension between the Member of Parliament and his local party soon grew. In January 1971 Taverne threatened to denounce Don Gossop, district secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, if Gossop called for strike action against the Industrial Relations Bill.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Background, European issue
On 5 July 1971 a committee of the local party voted to send to the annual Labour Party conference a motion highly critical of the application to join the European Communities which called upon all Labour MPs to oppose. At the conference, Leo Beckett called for a "vote of no-confidence against Mr Taverne if he votes in the Tory lobby"; however, less than a month later Taverne broke the Labour Party whip to vote in favour of accepting the terms and joining the European Common Market.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Background, Moves to deselect Taverne
Attention was drawn to the escalating row by Granada Television's World in Action which broadcast a programme on 25 October showing Taverne being confronted by his opponents; Leo Beckett and Don Gossop were said to have "emerged with badly scarred reputations". However, at a special meeting of the General Management Committee of the local party on 16 November a motion expressing lack of confidence in Taverne was narrowly passed. Taverne was briefly saved on 6 December when the motion (which had to be passed by two successive meetings) saw a tied vote and the party executive's motion to not take any further action was approved.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Background, Moves to deselect Taverne
Through 1972 the left gained further ground in the local party and in June they made another move. Taverne organised an opinion poll in the Lincoln constituency which found that 71% said he was right to have voted in accordance with his own views rather than those of his local party, and 79% approved of him as their MP. However, the poll failed to persuade the local party, and at a meeting on 19 June Taverne was "asked to retire" by a vote of 75 to 50. Taverne insisted that he would appeal to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Announcement of resignation
On 6 October Taverne announced his intention to resign his seat and to stand in the resulting by-election as a "Democratic Labour" candidate. He was immediately backed by a poll commissioned by London Weekend Television which found 49% of Lincoln voters were most likely to vote for him, 16% for the Conservative Party, 14% for the official Labour Party candidate, with 2% for others and 19% undecided.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Announcement of resignation
Taverne's appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead did not take effect until 16 October. As he had been a Labour Party MP, the timing of the by-election was up to the Labour Party Chief Whip, Bob Mellish, who declared his preference to wait until the new year. Taverne appealed for a polling day before Christmas. Liberal Party chief whip David Steel considered intervening to 'move the writ' for the by-election, which provoked Mellish to threaten "open warfare".


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
After Taverne himself, the first candidate to declare was Reg Simmerson, chairman of "Democratic Conservatives Against the Common Market", who said that as Labour voters would have the choice of pro- and anti-EEC candidates, Conservative voters should have the same choice.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
Lincoln Labour Party shortlisted six candidates as part of the selection of official candidate. They were David Winnick, who had been MP for Croydon South, Gerald McNamara, brother of Hull North MP Kevin McNamara, journalist Max Madden, lecturer Joshua Bamfield, engineer Robert Dixey, and John Dilks, who was leader of Derby City Council and a management executive with the Derby Cooperative Society. The selection eventually went to Dilks.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
The Conservatives considered three candidates: Desmond Fennell, a Lincoln-born barrister, Robert V. Jackson, a journalist, and merchant banker Hon. Jonathan Guinness who was chairman of the Monday Club on the party's right-wing. Guinness eventually won the selection, which helped the party neutralise the effect of Simmerson's candidature but caused difficulties. It was claimed in The Spectator that the local party regarded Guinness as tiresome and put little effort into campaigning, reasoning that a Taverne win would cause problems for the Labour Party, although doubt was cast on whether this was an accurate impression.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
There was a dispute within the Liberal Party over whether to stand. Senior members of the party sympathised with Taverne and wanted the party to withdraw in his favour. Peter Hain, chairman of the Young Liberals, demanded a Liberal candidate stand in opposition to Taverne "who stands on the right of the Labour Party and whose record shows no signs of radicalism". The party eventually decided not to fight, but its success at the Sutton and Cheam byelection in December 1972 led to increased pressure to stand. Eventually the local party's decision not to fight was endorsed.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
The candidates list was rounded off with two minor candidates, Jean Justice and Malcolm Waller. Justice, son of a Belgian diplomat and a London property consultant, was chairman of the A6 Murder Committee. The committee's aim was to prove the innocence of James Hanratty who had been hanged in 1962 for the murder of Michael Gregsten. In the mid-1960s, Taverne had served as a Home Office Minister and rejected a plea for a public inquiry into the case.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Candidates
Malcolm Waller formed the "Majority Rule Party" which argued that "the will of the majority of the people shall prevail, even when it conflicts with the will of members of Parliament". A Mr James Blackwell from Cheshire also telephoned the Returning Officer to ask for nomination papers but did not arrive.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Campaign
The writ for the byelection was issued on 9 February, with polling on 1 March; two other writs for byelections in Labour-held constituencies were moved simultaneously. The Labour Party pulled in a large number of senior shadow cabinet members to speak in support of John Dilks, described by The Times as "probably unequalled in any byelection". Taverne, by contrast, organised only one meeting at which others spoke in his support, to which he invited the Bishop of Southwark Mervyn Stockwood and newspaper columnist Bernard Levin.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Campaign
Dilks insisted that he would campaign on issues like inflation, the future of Lincoln, and the EEC, and predicted Taverne would come third. Guinness' campaign was marked by his maverick public statements, and he had to be "protected" by planted questions at a public meeting. He came to be treated as a joke figure by the media, being much quoted when he said that convicted murderers should be given razor blades in order that they could "do the decent thing" and save the state the cost of keeping them in jail.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Campaign
The campaign saw extensive coverage in the press and on broadcast media. On 22 February,  The Daily Telegraph reported the results of an opinion poll which showed Taverne had a lead of only 2% over the official Labour candidate, well within the margin of error. However, two opinion polls published on the day of the byelection found Taverne had a substantial lead. Taverne also benefited from strong support from the Lincoln Weekend Chronicle, while the Lincolnshire Echo reported neutrally and did not make an endorsement.


1973 Lincoln by-election, Results
After such a highly publicised campaign, voter turnout was almost up to that in the previous general election. When the result was announced in the early hours of 2 March, it was clear Taverne had been vindicated:


1973 Lincoln by-election, Aftermath
Taverne's majority was generally regarded as a shock, and was said to have shocked Taverne himself. In September 1973, he announced the formation of the Campaign for Social Democracy "to play a truly democratic role in changing the course of British politics". In the snap general election the following February, the Campaign managed to nominate five candidates, specifically targeting Labour left-wingers; they hoped that the Liberal Party would not stand, but this was in vain and the candidates performed poorly. Taverne himself only narrowly retained Lincoln in a close three-way result, and in the October 1974 election the seat was gained by Margaret Jackson for the Labour Party.


1973 Lincolnshire County Council election
Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.


1973 Lincolnshire County Council election
The Conservatives were the largest party, gaining 34 of the 74 seats. 22 independent candidates were returned, along with 10 Labour councillors, 5 Democratic-Labour nominees and 3 Liberals. The Democratic Labour seats were all won in Lincoln, where six weeks earlier the MP Dick Taverne had triggered a by-election by breaking away from Labour and forming the DLP; they comprised 5 of the 6 city seats, representing a swing from Labour, who had won all of the seats at the last local elections.


1973 Lincolnshire County Council election, Results by Division
Candidates suffixed by an asterisk (*) are the winners in their seats, but the exact results of the poll are not included in the sources below.


1973 Lincolnshire County Council election, Results by Division
Source: "Lincoln keeps up its Taverne revolution" and "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9; . Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 2 October 2016.


1973 Lisburn Borough Council election
Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.


1973 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard


1973 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance


1973 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP


1973 Little League World Series
The 1973 Little League World Series took place between August 21 and August 25 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan City Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Cactus Little League of Tucson, Arizona, in the championship game of the 27th Little League World Series.


1973 Little League World Series
The champions from Taiwan did not allow a run or a hit in the entire tournament, registering no hitters in each of their three tournament games. That feat has yet to be equalled in any other Little League World Series.


1973 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1973.


1973 Liverpool City Council election
Following boundary changes, which reduced the number of wards from 40 to 33, three councillors were elected for each ward.


1973 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections
Low Hill, Smithdown and Speke held on 21st March 1974, before the AGM of April 1st.


1973 Liverpool City Council election, Council Leadership
Leader of the Council and Chair of Policy and Finance Committee Cyril Carr


1973 Liverpool City Council election, Council Leadership
Deputy Leader of the Council and Chair of Housing and Planning Committee Bill Smyth


1973 Liverpool City Council election, Council Leadership
Leader of the Opposition and Labour Group John Hamilton (Liverpool)


1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 59th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 22 April 1973. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.


1973 Llanelli Borough Council election
The first election to Llanelli Borough Council was held in April 1973. It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1973 Londonderry City Council election
The 1973 Londonderry City Council election took place on 30 May 1973 to elect members of Londonderry City Council in Northern Ireland. This was on the same day as other Northern Irish local elections. The campaign was significant in that, following changes to the election process and districts, Irish nationalist parties were able to take control of the council for the first time.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Background
The election was the first held since the Londonderry Corporation had been reorganised under the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 following accusations of gerrymandering from the Corporation. The vote was also the first to use the single transferable vote method of election for Londonderry council elections.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Background
During the elections, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party joined forces as The United Loyalist Group for the Londonderry City Council elections. The group also claimed the backing of the Loyalist Association of Workers, the Ulster Protestant Volunteers, and the Ulster Special Constabulary Association. It was jointly chaired by Gerard Glover, chair of the City of Londonderry and Foyle Unionist Association, and Gordon Hegarty, a parliamentary agent for the DUP.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Background
It was initially unclear whether the coalition had the backing of the UUP headquarters, but Jim Bailie, the party secretary, stated that "I am sure whatever they are doing is all right by me". The group had a four point programme: total defeat of the Irish Republican Army, control of the police to be given to the Northern Ireland Assembly, increased representation of Northern Ireland in the Westminster Parliament, and opposition to a Council of Ireland. The group took over the local headquarters of the UUP, on Kennedy Place.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Background
The nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) contested Londonderry City Council elections for the first time since being established in 1970 in protest against abstentionism policies from the Nationalist Party. It stood 19 candidates, the most of any party in the election.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Background
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland stood 15 candidates, while the Derry Republican Club, backed by the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) stood 12, as did the United Loyalists. The Nationalist Party stood 10, including Fergus McAteer, son of the party leader, while there was a single Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate. Independent candidates included Brendan Duddy, a local fish-and-chip shop owner, and Finbar O'Doherty, a law student.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
During the campaign, the British Army reduced its foot patrols in the city, arguing that this would help create an atmosphere in which people would feel confident to go and vote. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) did not conduct any bombings in the week leading up to the vote, an unusually long lull for the period. The group also went door-to-door, calling for a boycott of the election.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
The day before the election, the PIRA and OIRA announced a surprising joint initiative of protest marches, strikes and the creation of "no-go areas" for police, in protest at internment, but coming at such a late point in the campaign, the Irish Times contended that it would have little effect on the vote.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
The Republican Clubs published a half-page advert in the Derry Journal, claiming that both the SDLP and the Nationalist Party had broken pledges not to contest local elections until all internees had been released. John Hume, deputy leader of the SDLP, claimed that the party's pledge was specific to the period when the Parliament of Northern Ireland had existed.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
The Alliance Party accused Hume of having only visited Shantallow twice since he was elected to represent it in 1969, but Hume argued that he had visited it on numerous occasions, and had three volunteers running an advice centre in the district. Hume claimed that the Alliance Party's candidates were unionists and were "yesterday's men".


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
The Nationalist Party argued that the SDLP was standing too many candidates, risking splitting the nationalist vote and thereby allowing the unionists to win more seats. It campaigned for the council to work closely with tenants' and other community groups, and for the council to move away from party politics.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Campaign
Hume claimed that the SDLP would do "very well", but would not be drawn on whether it would achieve a majority on the council, while Hegarty of the United Loyalists thought that it would win 10 seats. The Alliance Party focused its campaign on relieving unemployment and building new leisure, health, and community facilities, and believed it would win 7 or 8 seats. The Republican Club would not speculate on how many seats it would win, but Mickey Doherty claimed that it would take a "fairly substantial vote and surprise a lot of people".


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Election results
The Irish Times reported the city as having particularly high turnout, initially estimated as between 65 and 70%. The count was the slowest in the whole of Northern Ireland.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Republican Clubs


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Aftermath
Even though the United Loyalists won the most votes, the SDLP won the most councillors with ten being elected to the United Loyalists' nine. The nonsectarian Alliance Party of Northern Ireland won four, the Nationalist Party won three and one was won by the Republican Clubs. The result gave parties supported by the city's Catholic community a majority on the council for the first time. The SDLP were disappointed not to win a majority on the council. John Hume blamed this on transfers going to other parties, noting the United Loyalist voters in the Bogside had transferred to the Alliance Party, while Republican Club voters in Londonderry E had transferred to the Nationalist Party.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Aftermath
The new council elected Raymond McClean of the SDLP as Mayor of Londonderry, only the second Catholic mayor in the city's history, while Jack Allen of the United Loyalists was elected as deputy mayor.


1973 Londonderry City Council election, Aftermath
Following the election, there had been disputes within the United Loyalists. Some members of the UUP once said to the DUP's Anna Hay, who had been elected to Londonderry B and was the mother of the future Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly William Hay, that they had only "lent" her her seat due to the UUP being historically the stronger unionist party at the time.


1973 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1973 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.


1973 Long Beach State 49ers football team
Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by fifth year head coach Jim Stangeland, and played the majority of their home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. One game was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. They finished the season with a record of one win, nine losses and one tie (1–9–1, 0–4 PCAA).


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season in second place in the Western Division of the National League with a record of 95-66.


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
This was the ninth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 22 players in the June draft and nine in the January draft.


1973 Los Angeles Dodgers season, 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
The most notable player from this draft class was Outfielder Joe Simpson, who played from 1975–1983 but made his mark primarily as a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers first round pick was catcher Ted Farr of Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Washington. He played 339 games from 1973–1977 in the Dodgers farm system, hitting .235.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1973 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 36th year with the National Football League and the 28th season in Los Angeles. The Rams were 7–0 at home for the first time since 1945. On the road, the Rams were 5–2.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season
The Rams donned new uniforms, which remained in use until 1994, their final season in Los Angeles, and though they moved to St. Louis in 1995, the uniform tradition continued until 1999, where they won Super Bowl XXXIV, and wore them for Super Bowl LIII. Among these changes, the Rams converted from white helmet horns to yellow helmet horns. The uniforms would return for their home games in 2018 and 2019.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season
The Rams finished the season with a brilliant 12-2 record and won the NFC West and appeared in the playoffs for the first time in the post-merger era. However, in their first post-merger playoff game, they lost to the Dallas Cowboys 27-16. This would be the first of 7 straight division titles for the Rams, spanning from 1973-1979.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
Newly acquired quarterback John Hadl, the NFC Player of the Year in 1973, and a stingy Los Angeles defense led the 6–0 Rams to a 10–0 lead in the first half on the way to a 24–7 victory over the 2–2–2 Green Bay Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Rams took the lead on kicker David Ray's 44-yard field goal. The next score came on a 46-yard touchdown pass from Hadl to former Eagles wide receiver Harold Jackson. Green Bay cut the deficit to 10–7 on wide receiver Barry Smith's 23-yard touchdown catch from MacArthur Lane on a halfback option pass.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
Los Angeles gained momentum in the third quarter on a 40-yard field goal by David Ray. A 1-yard touchdown run by running back Larry Smith in the fourth quarter put the Rams ahead 20–7. Later in the game, the Packers found themselves deep in their own territory. Moments later, Dryer came storming in from the right side of the defense and chased down Green Bay quarterback Scott Hunter, dropping him in the end zone for a safety. On the Packers' following possession near their own goal line, Dryer attacked again. He looped through the middle of the Packers' offensive line and dragged backup quarterback Jim Del Gaizo down for his second safety of the game, setting a new NFL record.


1973 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
For his efforts, Dryer was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Week.


1973 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 1973 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 3, 1973, with a run-off election on May 20, 1973. Incumbent Sam Yorty was defeated by Tom Bradley.


1973 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1973 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 71st season of Bulldogs football and their first as members of the reorganized NCAA Division II. The Bulldogs played their home games in at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. The 1973 team came off an undefeated 12–0 record, and a College Division National Championship from the prior season. The 1973 team was led by coach Maxie Lambright. The team finished the regular season with a 9–1 record and made the inaugural NCAA Division II playoffs. They made the first NCAA Division II Football Championship Game with a 38–34 win over Boise State in the Pioneer Bowl. The Bulldogs defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 34–0 in the Camellia Bowl National Championship Game.


1973 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1973 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach T. W. Alley, the Cardinals compiled a 5–6 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 172 to 148.


1973 Louisville Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Len DePaola with 808 passing yards, Walter Peacock with 1,294 rushing yards and 60 points scored, and Dale Kaminski with 262 receiving yards.


1973 Louisville Open
The 1973 Louisville Open, also known as the First National Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Louisville Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 30 July through 5 August 1973. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized in Group A. The singles final was won by fourth-seeded Manuel Orantes who earned 80 Grand Prix points.


1973 Louisville Open, Finals, Doubles
Manuel Orantes /  Ion Țiriac defeated  Clark Graebner /  John Newcombe 0–6, 6–4, 6–3


1973 Luhuo earthquake
The 1973 Luhuo earthquake struck near the town of Zhaggo in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China on February 6 with a magnitude of 7.6 Ms. The earthquake had a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, resulting in 2,199 deaths and a further 2,743 injuries in Sichuan. Serious and widespread destruction to villages was reported in Luhuo County as a result of the earthquake.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Tectonic setting
Western Sichuan is situated at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in a vast zone of complex continental deformation caused by the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. As the thrusting of the Indian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate along the Himalayas continues, the continental crust within the Eurasian Plate is actively uplifted and thickened, forming the Tibetan Plateau. As there are no active thrust structures within the plateau, compression is accommodated by strike-slip motion along large structures including the Altyn Tagh Fault, Kunlun Fault, Haiyuan Fault and Xianshuihe fault system. Left-lateral strike-slip motion squeezes the crustal blocks of the Tibetan Plateau outwards, forcing it to move eastwards. Meanwhile, the strike-slip motion also results in east-west extension of the plateau, causing normal faults to break within the thickened crust.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Earthquake
The Xianshuihe fault system is a 1,400-km-long active left-lateral strike-slip fault that accommodate the strike-slip motion in the Tibetan Plateau. The fault is one of the largest active intracontinental geological structure in the world. Beginning in 1893, at least 350 km of the fault length has ruptured in large successive earthquakes with magnitudes 6.5 or larger. Going back to the year 1700 to present-day, the fault has ruptured its entire 1,400 km length during large earthquakes.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Earthquake
A large aftershock of Ms  6.3 followed one day later, likely triggered by coulomb stress transfer due to the mainshock.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Earthquake, Characteristics
Initially, the earthquake registered 7.9 on the Chinese surface wave magnitude scale but further analysis and recalculation of the event brought the final revision to magnitude 7.6. This event was the result of pure left-lateral slip on the Luhou segment of the Xianshuihe fault system. During the earthquake of 1973, the Xianshuihe fault ruptured for a length of 90 km and produced a maximum slip of 3.8 meters in the shallow 0 to 5 km section of the rupture zone. Surface ruptures were well documented by scientists throughout the 90 km length extending from Renda to Kasu. The southeastern 10 km segment of the earthquake rupture overlapped that of the 1923 Kasu earthquake, another Ms  7.3 earthquake on the Xianshuihe Fault.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Earthquake, Characteristics
The Luhuo segment of the Xianshuihe fault system was also the source of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 1816. Field research through trenching at the Luhuo segment however, revealed a record of earthquake history on the fault in the past 3,000 years. The first event identified in the exposed strata layers corresponded to the year 769 BC. Five additional events were also identified to have occurred in the years 318–545 AD, 677–833 AD, and 1008–1444 AD. A recurrence interval has been calculated at between 157 to 1,200 years for the earthquakes from 769 BC to 1973 AD.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Impact
The earthquake caused extensive destruction throughout the 90 km of rupture. Almost all the homes near or in the path of the rupture were completely destroyed, amounting to at least 15,700. An estimated 2,867 buildings were also heavily damaged. Across two twns in Luhuo County, 4,600 of the 5,000 homes collapsed while another 880 suffered serious damage. A further 90 sustained cracks. China National Highway 318 or the Sichuan-Tibet highway was damaged by rockfalls, landslides and ground cracks at 17 locations. Other roads, bridges and telecommunication systems were damaged or disrupted as well. Some 40,427 livestock died and 2.01 million kilograms of food were lost in the disaster.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Impact
The earthquake also triggered 40 to 50 landslides in the Xianshui River valley. Nearly all recorded landslide features were distributed within a 70 km by 2 km, or 409 km² area within the valley. Field surveys observed 137 landslides all within the zone of VIII or greater.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Impact, Casualties
The earthquake claimed the lives of anywhere between 2,175 to 2,204 people in Sichuan Province. It also left 43 orphans in the aftermath.


1973 Luhuo earthquake, Impact, Response
A division of the People's Liberation Army was sent to the affected area to assist in rescue and recovery efforts. In the division were at least 668 medical crew from 49 groups which attended to injured survivors.


1973 Lynchburg Baptist Flames football team
The 1973 Lynchburg Baptist Flames football team represented Lynchburg Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) in the 1973 NAIA football season as an independent. Led by coach Lee Royer, the Flames compiled a 3–3 record in the school's first season.


1973 Macanese legislative election
Elections to a Legislative Assembly were held in Macau in March 1973.


1973 Macanese legislative election, Background
On 2 May 1972 the Portuguese National Assembly passed the Organic Law for the Overseas Territories, which provided for greater autonomy for overseas territories. The Assembly would have 13 members, one of which would be appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of the Chinese community.


1973 Macanese legislative election, Background
Candidates were required to be Portuguese citizens who had lived in Macau for more than three years and be able to read and write Portuguese. Voters were required to be literate. As the Portuguese constitution banned political parties at the time, the majority of candidates were put forward by the ruling People's National Action movement, although some civic associations were allowed to nominate candidates.


1973 Macanese legislative election, Results
Out of a total population of 248,316, only 2,620 people registered to vote. A total of 1,765 people voted, giving a voter turnout of 67.7%.


1973 Maccabiah Games
The 1973 Maccabiah Games were held in Ramat Gan Stadium, Israel. Spain and Costa Rica made its debut in the games. The Games took place ten months after the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where eleven Israeli athletes and coaches were slain during the events of the Munich Massacre.


1973 Maccabiah Games, History
The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Opening ceremonies
60,000 spectators packed Ramat Gan Stadium as Golda Meir and Abba Eban paid homage to the slain athletes.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Opening ceremonies
Tamara Metal was chosen as torch bearer, but Metal recited the Vow of the Maccabiah Games instead because she was pregnant.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Swimmer Anita Zarnowiecki from Sweden won seven gold medals and one silver medal, surpassing Mark Spitz's record of five gold medals in the 1969 games.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Israeli Olympian Shaul Ladany, who had competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics ( the year of the Munich massacre), won the 20-km and 50-km walks.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
Esther Roth of Israel won the 100-meter race in 11.75, as well as the 200-meter. Maya Kalle-Bentzur of Israel was also a medalist at the Games.


1973 Maccabiah Games, Notable medalists
In basketball, Ernie Grunfeld, who three years later won an Olympic gold medal, was the only high school student on the American team's starting five, and led the team in scoring with a 20-point average as the US took the silver medal. Grunfeld later played in the NBA, and became General Manager of the New York Knicks. In tennis, Ilana Kloss won gold medals in both the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles.


1973 Macdonald Brier
The 1973 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 5–11 at the Klondike Gardens in Edmonton.


1973 Macdonald Brier
The event was memorable for having particularly bad ice conditions, considered by some as the "worst (Brier ice) ever manufactured". There was a great thickness of frost on the ice, which was also dotted by tiny pools of water. Team Saskatchewan, skipped by Harvey Mazinke proved to be best adapted at playing under these conditions, winning the event after posting a 9-1 record, despite not being considered the favourites. Team Ontario (Paul Savage) and Team Nova Scotia (Peter Hope) tied for second with a 6-4 record, the lowest ever record for a second place team.


1973 Macdonald Brier
The 1973 Brier was the first which allowed teams to concede games before all 12 ends were played (providing ten had been played).


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Canada's national women's curling championship was held February 26 to March 2 at the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship
Team Saskatchewan, skipped by Vera Pezer won the title in a tiebreaker against Manitoba's Joan Ingram rink. It was the fifth straight title for Saskatchewan, and third straight for the Pezer rink. After the win, the team decided to retire from competitive curling.


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Joan Ingram Third: Lorraine BradawaskiSecond: Dorothy RoseLead: Jackie Tinney


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Ann Bowering Third: Joan PopeSecond: Jean BurdenLead: Chris Cathcart


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Elizabeth HodginsThird: Faye ThornhamSecond: Marjorie White Lead: Shelaugh Thomson


1973 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Tiebreaker
The tiebreaker playoff game for the championship was held in the morning of March 2.


1973 Magherafelt District Council election
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


1973 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs


1973 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist


1973 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist


1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships
The 1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place from 27–29 July in Agadir, Morocco. It was the third Moroccan city to host the event, after Rabat in 1967 and Casablanca in 1971. A total of 36 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 14 for women.


1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships
The event winners were distributed fairly evenly between the teams, with Morocco and Tunisia each taking thirteen gold medals and Algeria having the remaining ten. Tunisia topped the table by merit of having more silver medals. Track events were only officially timed to the tenth of a second.


1973 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1973 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In its seventh season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and finished sixth out of seven teams in the Yankee Conference. Andrew Mellow, John O'Rourke Jr., and Jack Lamborghini were the team captains.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 44th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 24, 1973, at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, home of the Kansas City Royals of the American League. The game resulted in a 7–1 victory for the NL.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Royals Stadium had not even been open for four months when it hosted this, its first All-Star Game. The game had been hosted in Kansas City once before (1960) when the Kansas City Athletics had been the host team at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. After this game was played, the Royals did not host another All-Star Game until they were awarded the 2012 All-Star Game.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Arrowhead Stadium, which shares the same parking lot as part of the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, hosted the 1974 Pro Bowl about six months after this game.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
This game marked the 40th anniversary year of the first All-Star Game in 1933. As a part of that recognition, some of the surviving stars from that first game, including Dick Bartell, Joe Cronin, Jimmie Dykes, Charlie Gehringer, Lefty Gomez, Lefty Grove, Bill Hallahan, and Carl Hubbell were in attendance.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, National League roster
The National League roster included 11 future Hall of Fame players and coaches, denoted in italics.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, American League roster
The American League roster included 11 future Hall of Fame players and coaches, denoted in italics.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Starting lineups
While the starters were elected by the fans, the batting orders and starting pitchers were selected by the managers.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
Scoring began in the bottom of the second inning, with Rick Wise in his second and final inning of pitching for the NL. Reggie Jackson led off with a double, and came home when the next batter, Amos Otis, singled. This would be the beginning and end of scoring for the American League.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The National League wasted no time coming back, taking advantage of new pitcher, Bert Blyleven, in the top of the third inning. Darrell Evans, pinch hitting for Rick Wise, walked, and was forced out at second base when Pete Rose hit into a fielder's choice. Joe Morgan walked. César Cedeño's single scored Rose, and sent Morgan to third base. Hank Aaron singled to Murcer who threw out Cedeño at third, but not before Morgan had scored to give the NL a 2–1 lead.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The NL added a single run in the top of the fourth inning, as Johnny Bench, the first hitter AL relief pitcher Bill Singer faced, hit a lead off home run.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
In the top of the fifth inning, the NL scoring continued off of Bill Singer. Joe Morgan led off with a double. Three hitters later, with two outs, Bobby Bonds hit a two-run home run, bringing the score to 5–1.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
In the top of the sixth inning, Nolan Ryan came in to pitch in relief, though the outcome was virtually identical to the previous inning. Ron Santo led off with a walk. Two batters later with one out, Willie Davis, pinch hitting for the pitcher, Don Sutton, hit a two-run home run to extend the NL lead to 7–1, and closing out scoring for the game.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Rick Wise was credited with the win. Bert Blyleven was credited with the loss. Jim Brewer was credited with the save.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
This was the 24th and final All-Star Game appearance for Willie Mays. Mays appeared in every game from 1954 to 1973. Only Hank Aaron and Stan Musial have played in as many All-Star Games as Mays.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Jim Spencer became the first member of the Texas Rangers to appear in an All-Star Game. The Rangers were playing their second season in Arlington, Texas after moving from Washington, D.C., where they were the second incarnation of the Washington Senators from 1961 to 1971. Toby Harrah, Texas' lone representative in the 1972 game, was injured.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Catfish Hunter was removed from the game in the second inning after Billy Williams hit a line drive that hit Hunter's right hand, breaking his thumb. He missed two weeks of the regular season.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
This All-Star Game saw 54 players (28 for the NL and 26 for the AL) enter the game. This became a new All-Star Game record for participating players.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Buddy Bell became the second son of a former All-Star (Gus Bell) to appear in an All-Star Game.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
In total, there were 19 future hall of famers involved with the game. The non-players involved in the 1973 All-Star Game that have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame are Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, Whitey Herzog, and Nestor Chylak.


1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
As of 2020, Royals Stadium is the last facility to host the MLB All-Star Game in its first season of operation. Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium hosted the 1970 game 12 days after it opened, and St. Louis' Busch Memorial Stadium opened two months prior to the 1966 game. Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, which opened two weeks after Riverfront, hosted the 1974 game. Royals Stadium was scheduled to open for the 1972 season, but labor strife and bad weather caused long delays, forcing the Royals to spend 1972 at Municipal Stadium.


1973 Major League Baseball draft, First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.


1973 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Five dominant players of the late 1970s and 1980s were selected in the June regular phase. Infielder Robin Yount (Milwaukee) and outfielder Dave Winfield (San Diego) were first-rounders, while outfielder Fred Lynn (Boston) was selected in the second round, infielder Eddie Murray (Baltimore) was selected in the third round and starting pitcher Mike Flanagan (Baltimore) was picked in the seventh round.


1973 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Winfield stepped off the University of Minnesota campus—where he lettered in three sports—and into the Padres' outfield. He was one of three players from this draft to go directly into the bigs. Highly touted David Clyde was chosen by Texas as the nation's number one pick. He jumped from high school to the majors and won his first game as a Ranger shortly thereafter. But the hard-throwing left-hander developed arm problems and had a short-lived career. Besides Clyde and Winfield, Arizona State's Eddie Bane (Minnesota, 11th overall) went directly to the majors. Other selections of interest included, Jack Clark (San Francisco), who was drafted as a pitcher, and Lee Mazzilli (New York Mets). In the January secondary phase, Dick Ruthven (Philadelphia), Jim Sundberg (Texas) and Donnie Moore (Chicago Cubs), who was drafted as an outfielder, were chosen.


1973 Major League Baseball season
The 1973 Major League Baseball season was the first season of the designated hitter rule in the American League.


1973 Major League Baseball season
American League umpires began wearing red blazers with blue pants, a change from the navy blue coats and gray pants worn from 1968–72. The red blazers were worn through 1979.


1973 Major League Baseball season
California Angels ace pitcher Nolan Ryan broke Sandy Koufax's 1965 strikeout record of 382 when he struck out 383 batters during the season.


1973 Major League Baseball season
The Oakland Athletics won their second straight World Series championship in seven games over the New York Mets.


1973 Major League Baseball season
The Kansas City Royals moved their home games from Municipal Stadium to the new Royals Stadium (adjacent to the Chiefs' football facility) and also hosted the All-Star Game on July 24 with the NL defeating the AL 7–1.


1973 Major League Baseball season
The New York Yankees played their final season at the original Yankee Stadium before the stadium closed for remodeling during the 1974 and 1975 seasons.


1973 Major League Baseball season
On June 19, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collect their 2000th career hit. It was a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants while Davis hit a home run against the Atlanta Braves.


1973 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives in September 1973. The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of incumbent President Ibrahim Nasir, who was re-elected.


1973 Maldivian presidential election, Background
Nasir had originally been elected for a four-year term in 1968. However, in 1972 a constitutional amendment was passed by the Majlis to extend the presidential term to five years.


1973 Maldivian presidential election, Background
The constitution required that the President be selected by the Majlis and then their candidacy confirmed through a referendum.


1973 Manchester City Council election
The first elections to the new Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. The election created the entire 99-member council (three councillors to each ward), which shadowed its predecessor corporation before taking over its functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate was appointed to a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate had a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate served a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.


1973 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1973 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Detailed below are the results for each ward. Successful candidates are highlighted in bold.


1973 Manchester Exchange by-election
The Manchester Exchange by-election of 27 June 1973 was held after the death of William Griffiths on 14 April of the same year. The Labour Party won the by-election in what had traditionally been a safe seat.


1973 Manchester Exchange by-election
Due to an administrative oversight, the by-election was held on a Wednesday, rather than the Thursday which had been usual since the mid-1960s. Only one by-election since has been held on a day other than a Thursday, the 1978 Hamilton by-election.


1973 Manitoba general election
The 1973 Manitoba general election was held on June 28, 1973 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party, which took 31 of 57 seats to win government in its own right for the first time. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with 21, while the Manitoba Liberal Party took the remaining five.


1973 Manitoba general election
A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee convinced the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain Winnipeg-area ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" alternative to the NDP could be offered. This campaign was generally unsuccessful.


1973 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Wolseley (res. Israel Asper, March 1, 1975), June 25, 1975:


1973 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Crescentwood (election declared void, February 20, 1975), June 25, 1975:


1973 Manitoba general election, Riding results, Post-election changes
Souris-Killarney (dec. Earl McKellar, April 18, 1976), November 7, 1976:


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 27th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947. Manly went into the 1973 season as the reigning premiers having won the 1972 Grand Final defeating Eastern Suburbs 19-14.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
As they were in 1972, the 1973 Sea Eagles were coached by former Australian international and Manly fullback Ron Willey. Captaining the side was long serving hooker Fred Jones. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1973 Premiership season and played its home games at the 20,000 capacity Brookvale Oval.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
After Cronulla-Sutherland's 14-4 loss in the major semi-final, Manly-Warringah expected the Sharks would be fired up for the Grand Final. And they were. Ian Heads wrote in the Sunday Telegraph the next day that It was a Grand Final as tough and dirty as any bar-room brawl. Alan Clarkson wrote in the Sun Herald The fare served up in the first half belonged in the Colosseum. The first half was not how the game's administrators would have wished to show-case rugby league, every tackle was loaded with menace and meant to damage. But from the melee Bob Fulton emerged and showed his unrivalled skill. Heads and Clarkson wrote of his "towering genius" and "football brilliance" respectively.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
Manly's English import Malcolm Reilly, himself never one to take a backward step, was the first victim of the carnage. In the opening minute, Cronulla hooker Ron "Rocky" Turner set his sights on Reilly as the Englishman got an early kick away to take advantage of a strong breeze blowing towards the Bradman Stand (Paddington End). Turner missed Reilly the first time around, but didn't miss him a few minutes later. The Manly lock was left in agony from a badly bruised hip and had to leave the field for pain-killing injections.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
Knowing he probably wouldn't last the first half he then returned to the field and created mayhem despite the injections he received failing to work properly. He set about doing as much physical damage to Cronulla players as he could, but bowed out in the 25th minute and was replaced by reserve forward John Bucknall, who had played in Manly's winning Reserve Grade Grand Final side earlier in the day. Bucknall didn't think he would be needed and actually had a full lunch and soft drink shortly before the first grade game began.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
After a number of brawls in the first half, referee Keith Page eventually called in all 26 players twice for mass cautions, threatening that any more foul play would result in players being sent off. Despite his warnings the back-alley tactics continued from both teams, and Page didn't send anyone from the field.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
Then Fulton took over in the 29th and 58th minutes. 'Bozo' demonstrated power and pace in both tries. The first came from a brilliant Fred Jones flick pass which saw Fulton split Eric Archer and Steve Rogers just twenty-five metres from the line. Fulton ran around to touch down near the posts and give Graham Eadie an easier shot at conversion which he duly slotted through the posts. Manly took a 5-0 scoreline to the half time break.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
The second Fulton try came after Eadie took a pass from five-eighth Ian Martin, then looked for Fulton and set him up perfectly. Fulton raced for the Brewongle Stand corner and managed to put the ball down before being bundled into touch by Rogers and replacement fullback Rick Bourke. From out wide Eadie missed the conversion to make it 8-2 (Steve Rogers had kicked a penalty goal before Fulton scored his second try).


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
Cronulla had to wait a long time before they dented the Manly line. It was in the 70th minute that the crack appeared. Trailing 8-2, the Sharks struck when lock Greg Pierce positioned Rick Bourke for a try (Bourke was flattened by Manly winger Max Brown as he scored, resulting in a broken thumb for Brown). Rogers easily kicked the conversion to reduce the deficit to just one point. Eadie stretched the lead to three points from a penalty kick and then the Sharks rallied and bombarded Manly.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
Ultimately, the Manly defence of John Mayes, Terry Randall, Peter Peters, Eadie and Fulton were up to the task. It will, however, go down in Sharks folklore that a Tommy Bishop flick pass in the dying moments failed to go to hand with the Manly line wide open. It was a set move Cronulla had successfully played all year, but had adjusted for the Grand Final in anticipation of Manly's familiarity with the standard move. As expected, the Manly defence reacted to snuff out the set play, leaving a gap that Bishop's pass managed to pinpoint. But in the heat of the moment, Sharks second-rower Ken Maddison also played for the old move, ran the wrong line and the ball went to ground - and with it went the premiership.


1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Player statistics
Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.


1973 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1973 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In its third season under head coach Jack Lengyel, the team compiled a 4–7 record and was outscored by a total of 288 to 212. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1973 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1973 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled an 8–4 record (5–1 in conference), finished in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 335 to 141. The team ended its season with a 17–16 loss to Georgia in the 1973 Peach Bowl. The team's statistical leaders included Al Neville with 554 passing yards, Louis Carter with 801 rushing yards, and Frank Russell with 468 receiving yards.


1973 Masters Tournament
The 1973 Masters Tournament was the 37th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. Due to weather delays, the final round was played on Monday for the first time since 1961.


1973 Masters Tournament
Tommy Aaron, age 36, won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead. Before this win at Augusta, Aaron was best known as the player who kept Roberto De Vicenzo's incorrect scorecard at the Masters five years earlier in 1968. Ironically, Aaron's final round playing partner in 1973, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card, and Aaron caught the mistake. This was his third and last victory on the PGA Tour, and after this win, Aaron's best result in a major was a tie for 28th at the Masters in 1979.


1973 Masters Tournament
Gary Player played in 52 Masters from 1957 through 2009; and missed only this one, to recover from leg and abdominal surgery. He returned in 1974 to win the second of his three green jackets.


1973 Masters Tournament
Gay Brewer won the fourteenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a seven-under 20. At the previous Masters, the 1967 champion was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.


1973 Masters Tournament
This Masters was the last as competitors for two former champions: Gene Sarazen (1935) and Ralph Guldahl (1939).


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
George Archer (8), Gay Brewer (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Ralph Guldahl, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,11,12), Arnold Palmer (9,11,12), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
Doug Ballenger (a), Ben Crenshaw (7,8,a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Charles Harrison (a), Mike Killian (a), Marty West (7,a)


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
Homero Blancas (9), Gardner Dickinson (12), Al Geiberger, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Jerry Heard (10,11), Jim Jamieson (10,11), Jerry McGee, Steve Melnyk, Bobby Mitchell (11), Lanny Wadkins (11), Tom Weiskopf (9), Bert Yancey (9,11)


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
Don January, Don Massengale, Johnny Miller (11), Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11), Cesar Sanudo, Jim Simons, Kermit Zarley (11)


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
Buddy Allin, Deane Beman, Jim Colbert, Bob Dickson, Rod Funseth, Lou Graham, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Babe Hiskey, Grier Jones, Bob Lunn, John Schlee, J. C. Snead (12), DeWitt Weaver


1973 Masters Tournament, Field
Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (8), Gary Cowan (6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin (8,11), David Graham (11), Han Chang-sang, Trevor Homer (6,a), Guy Hunt, Tony Jacklin (2,3), George Knudson (11), Takaaki Kono (8), Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shaw (11)