1973 Western Samoan general election, Campaign
The Samoa Times reported that the election campaign saw candidates giving away food and money.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Results
Twenty-eight of the forty-seven members were new to the Legislative Assembly, with only eleven incumbent MLAs in contested seats being re-elected. Minister of Education Tuala Paulo, Minister of Finance Tofa Siaosi, Minister of Justice Amoa Tausilia, Minister for the Post Office Fuimaono Moasope and the Speaker Magele Ate were all defeated.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Results
In Gaga'ifomauga No. 1 the result was a tie between Tiapili Filisi and Timu Kolio. The outcome was decided by drawing lots, with Tiapili declared the winner.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Results
Voting in Satupa'itea constituency was delayed until May due to the death of Asiata Lagolago, one of the candidates.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, the victory of Mapuilesua Malo in Palauli-le-Falefa was challenged by losing candidate Le Tagaloa Pita, who alleged that ten matai should not have been able to vote in the constituency. A recount was ordered by Chief Justice Gaven Donne, with Pita subsequently declared the winner.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
Toleafoa Talitimu was elected Speaker with 28 votes, defeating Leaupepe Faimaala (12) and Teo Fetu (6). Fetu subsequently defeated Faimaala in the Deputy Speaker election by a margin of 27 votes to 18. Three candidates stood to be Prime Minister; incumbent Tupua Tamasese, former Prime Minister Fiame Mata'afa and Tufuga Efi. In the first round of voting, Mata'afa won with 23 votes; Efi received 13 and Tamasese 9. Mata'afa subsequently appointed a new cabinet.


1973 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
Mata'afa died in May 1975, after which Tupua Tamasese was appointed as his replacement, also appointing a new cabinet. However, later in 1975 he sacked both Pinati and Saili. Minister for Works Aumua Ioane became the new Finance Minister, while Vaovasamanaia Filipo was appointed as the new Minister for Agriculture, and Tofaeono Tile as Minister for Works to replace Ioane.


1973 Westhoughton by-election
The Westhoughton by election took place for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in Westhoughton on 24 May 1973.


1973 Westhoughton by-election
It was won by Roger Stott who held the seat for Labour after the death on 1 February of the previous MP, Tom Price.


1973 Westminster bombing
The 1973 Westminster bombing was a car bomb that exploded on Thorney Street, off Horseferry Road, in Millbank, London on 18 December 1973. The explosion injured up to 60 people. The bomb was planted in a car that was stolen, and it was parked in front of the Home Office building when it exploded on Tuesday morning. Two telephone warnings were given within half an hour before the blast.


1973 Westminster bombing
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was responsible for the attack, and was assumed to have been in retaliation to the jailing of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade members who bombed the Old Bailey earlier in the year. A day earlier, the IRA sent two parcel bombs that targeted two politicians.


1973 Westminster bombing, Background
The Troubles had been raging for four years in Northern Ireland and to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland since the Battle of the Bogside in Derry in August 1969. Great Britain had been relatively untouched from the violence up until the beginning of 1973 when the IRA Army Council had drawn up plans for a bombing campaign to take place in England.


1973 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1973.


1973 Whitbread Awards, Children's Book
Plomer adapted an 1802 poem by William Roscoe, The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast.


1973 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1973 Wigan Council elections for the First Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 72 seat council - three seats for each of the 24 wards - up for vote. It was the first council election as the newly formed metropolitan borough under a new constitution. 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 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Labour won an overwhelming majority of sixty six seats to the Conservative's five and one Independent. Nine seats - for wards 13, 17 and 21 collectively - went unopposed and overall turnout was 34.5%.


1973 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
his result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1973 Wightman Cup
The 1973 Wightman Cup was the 45th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States.


1973 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 1973 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 8th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


1973 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1973 William & Mary Indians football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Jim Root in his second year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–2 in SoCon play to place third.


1973 Wiltshire County Council election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election, and the Conservatives came within a whisker of taking formal control.


1973 Wiltshire County Council election
The Chairman of the Council since 1969, Sir Henry Langton, did not stand for re-election, and at the annual meeting later in April was succeeded by Frank Willan, who continued for the whole four years of the council's term of office.


1973 Wiltshire County Council election, Election result
The Conservatives, with thirty-nine seats, took effective control of the county council. Labour ended with twenty-two county councillors, most of them in and around Swindon, while Independents ended the election with twelve seats and the Liberals six. The elections were not fiercely fought everywhere, with twenty-four of the sixty-seven divisions uncontested. Most of the uncontested seats, eighteen, went to Conservatives, five to Independents, and one to a Liberal, Jack Ainslie.


1973 Wimbledon Championships
The 1973 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1973 but rain on the final Friday meant that the women's singles final was postponed until Saturday and the mixed doubles final was rescheduled to Sunday 8 July. It was the 87th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1973.


1973 Wimbledon Championships
Jan Kodeš and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. King became the first player in the open era to claim the triple crown, the second time in her career she won all three titles open to women players. Her three victories necessitated playing six matches on the final weekend of the tournament: The singles final, the doubles semi-final and final and the mixed doubles quarter-final, semi-final and final, which was played on the extended Sunday schedule.


1973 Wimbledon Championships, ATP boycott
In May 1973 Nikola Pilić, Yugoslavia's number one tennis player, was suspended by his national lawn tennis association, the Yugoslav Tennis Association, which claimed he had refused to play in a Davis Cup tie for his country against New Zealand earlier that month. The initial suspension of nine months, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), later was reduced by the ILTF to one month, which meant that Pilić would not be permitted to play at Wimbledon.


1973 Wimbledon Championships, ATP boycott
The recently formed men's players union, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), stated that none should compete if Pilić were not allowed to compete. As a result, 81 of the top players, including reigning champion Stan Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 to protest the suspension of Nikola Pilić. Twelve of the 16 men's seeds had withdrawn. This resulted in a large number of qualifiers and lucky losers.


1973 Wimbledon Championships, ATP boycott
Three ATP players, Ilie Năstase, Roger Taylor and Ray Keldie, defied the boycott and were fined by the ATP's disciplinary committee. Năstase unsuccessfully appealed the fine as he insisted that as a serving captain, he was under orders from the Romanian army and government to compete. Some contemporary press speculation and later biographies have suggested Năstase contrived to lose his fourth round match as he supported the ATP boycott, but to have lost any earlier to a considerably less able player would have been too obvious. Năstase never has commented on this speculation. Despite the boycott, the attendance of 300,172 was the second highest in the championships' history to that date.


1973 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1973 championships was £52,400. The winner of the men's title earned £5,000 while the women's singles champion earned £3,000.


1973 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Jimmy Connors /  Ilie Năstase defeated  John Cooper /  Neale Fraser, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3–7), 6–1


1973 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Rosemary Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Betty Stöve, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5


1973 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Owen Davidson /  Billie Jean King defeated  Raúl Ramírez /  Janet Newberry, 6–3, 6–2


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Billy Martin defeated Colin Dowdeswell in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Ann Kiyomura defeated Martina Navrátilová in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan did not defend their title as they participated in the Wimbledon boycott of 1973.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jimmy Connors and Ilie Năstase defeated John Cooper and Neale Fraser in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3–7), 6–1 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Jan Kodeš defeated Alex Metreveli in the final, 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. The final included a tie-break played at 8–8 in the second set; it was the first ever Wimbledon singles final to include a tie-break.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, including defending champion Stan Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). This resulted in numerous qualifiers and lucky losers.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event. Several players withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked players who lost in the final qualifying round to be entered into the main draw as lucky losers.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 1973 Wimbledon Championships featured an abnormally large number of qualifiers and lucky losers because 81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, including defending champion Stan Smith, boycotted the tournament in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Ilie Năstase and Rosie Casals were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Raúl Ramírez and Janet Newberry. Rain delays to the tournament necessitated matches from the fourth round, quarterfinals, semifinals and the final itself being completed on the last two days of the tournament. Davidson and King played three matches on the final day of the tournament to earn their victory, giving King the triple crown. No other player has won the triple crown at Wimbledon in the open era.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Owen Davidson and Billie Jean King defeated Ramírez and Newberry in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve were the defending champions, but decided not to play together.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
King and Rosie Casals defeated Stöve and Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Billie Jean King successfully defended her title, defeating Chris Evert in the final, 6–0, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. For the first time since 1954, all eight seeded players reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament.


1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event.


1973 Winston 500
The 1973 Winston 500 was the tenth round of the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series held on May 6, 1973, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama (AIMS).


1973 Winston 500
The race was won by David Pearson. His was the only car on the lead lap by the end of the race.


1973 Winston 500
Also notable was a fourth-place finish by Clarence Lovell, This was Lovell's best career finish and his only finish in the top five of a NASCAR Cup race. Lovell would die five days later on May 11, in a single vehicle truck accident which occurred while he was trying to change a tape in a dashboard-mounted tape deck.


1973 Winston 500
Eddie Yarboro fell out of this race with a mechanical issue in the opening laps before the "Big One." This was Yarboro's only Cup start of the season and his last in the series overall, the self-owned independent had largely switched over to racing in NASCAR's more short-track focused Grand National East series for 1973 and made a few more starts there later in the summer before dropping off the national stage.


1973 Winston 500, Background
For the 1973 Winston 500 race, the usual starting field of 50 was expanded to 60 by track management, and this would later prove controversial due to events in the race. Factions in the NASCAR management wanted to have a larger field that'd attract more fans to watch the races, and that a larger field with a bigger purse would catch the eyes of more teams. Of course, they were warned that starting 60 cars would be a strain at the track, and might be potentially hazardous for drivers (even when compared to NASCAR in the 21st century), but the NASCAR management ignored it, and, it resulted in this infamous race.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, Pre-race ceremonies
Then Alabama governor George Wallace would be named the grand marshal for the event, while his wife Cornelia Wallace would drive the pace car. Before the race, George, who ten years earlier had tried to lead the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, put out his hand to the only black driver racing that day, Wendell Scott. The two shook hands, and a photographer took a picture. According to Hard Driving: The Wendell Scott Story, Scott's expression on his face was "inscrutable".


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
On lap 9, Ramo Stott's engine let go, dumping oil onto the speedway's asphalt. Wendell Scott, behind him, spun out, and both cars skidded into Talladega's infield, creating a massive cloud of dirt and dust. The combination of oil on the track and suddenly limited visibility caused a massive pileup. 23 cars were involved.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
One contemporary recorded film account called it "The worst accident in NASCAR history", in terms of the number of cars involved.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
All drivers were able to leave their cars under their own power. Buddy Baker and Cale Yarborough were eliminated, and when they got out of their cars they had to dodge additional cars crashing around them. Some drivers did have injuries. Several received lacerations; Earl Brooks had a broken hand, Joe Frasson had shoulder injuries, and Slick Gardner suffered a knee injury.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
Wendell Scott, who was covered in blood everywhere on his body, would suffer the worst injuries: a fractured left leg, fractured pelvis in numerous places, broke three ribs, ripped most of the skin from his left forearm, and would seriously injure his right kidney. His arm bone was also visible and poking out, according to Frank Scott, Wendell's son. The crash would ultimately lead to Scott's retirement.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
Bobby Allison, one of the drivers eliminated in the lap 9/10 wreck, later ripped the track's management for the field size of 60 set by track management - "They (filled the field) all right, all over the backstretch." Joe Frasson, already bloodied said "I hope to hell France is happy. NASCAR had no business starting 60 cars."


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
Cleanup from the wreck proceeded under 37 laps of a yellow flag, lasting one hour and five minutes. 19 cars were eliminated outright. A few others, including that of Richard Petty, were repaired and eventually ran more laps.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, "The Big One"
David Pearson lost the lead draft (Buddy Baker saying Pearson fouled out the spark plugs on his Mercury and then got them replaced under the lengthy yellow).


1973 Winston 500, Summary, After the wreck
On lap 73, the engine of D. K. Ulrich's car dumped oil onto the track and caused another caution. Before this caution is over, Darrell Waltrip's car was retired due to a blown piston.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, After the wreck
Pearson's number 21 car was not left with much competition after the large  lap 9 accident. He stretched out a very wide lead by the end of the race.


1973 Winston 500, Summary, After the wreck
On lap 185, Vic Parsons's engine exploded, and his car slipped in the dumped oil, causing a crash. The race ended under caution, with Pearson taking the yellow and checkered flag. Pearson was the only car on the lead lap at the end of the race.


1973 Winston Western 500
The 1973 Winston Western 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on January 21, 1973, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. There were 191 laps; which was very hardcore at a road course for the early-1970s. The time of the race was almost 5 hours long; which made it the equivalent of 2.5 regulation-length Formula One races.


1973 Winston Western 500
The race was won by Mark Donohue. It would be his only win of the season. It was AMC's first win in the Grand National/Winston Cup series as a manufacturer since April 1, 1951.


1973 Winston Western 500, Pre-race
Before race Sunday, there were concerns about the health of Bobby Allison (who had been ill with the flu). As the race began, a report from the pits stated that Allison was feeling 'much better' than he had been, and hoped to complete at least half the race (if not all of the race) on his own, without resorting to a relief driver in his brother, Donnie Allison.


1973 Winston Western 500, Pre-race
John Hren was the only driver who failed to qualify for the race.


1973 Winston Western 500, Race
For the first five years of his NASCAR career Cecil "Flash" Gordon was a stalwart FoMoCo racer but for 1973 he made the big switch to General Motors. This race marked the debut for his brand-new #24 Chevrolet and while he went out with transmission failure here Gordon would remain in the GM stable throughout almost all of his remaining NASCAR starts. He'd race Chevrolets exclusively for the next six seasons before he started running a variety of different cars from GM.


1973 Winston Western 500, Race
Mark Donohue drove an AMC Matador featured a set of disc brakes – new for NASCAR racing at the time – and led 138 laps en route to the win. David Pearson won the pole but never led and fell out with clutch failure, while Richard Petty started fifth and led 39 laps before his engine failed while leading on Lap 95. Bobby Allison finished second driving a self-fielded Chevrolet following a surprise divorce from the Richard Howard team. Cale Yarborough, new driver for Howard's team with the cars renumbered to #11, fell out with transmission failure.


1973 Winston Western 500, Race
Finishing a respectable 15th was Gerald Thompson in a '73 Pontiac Grand Am. Unfortunately after losing a engine in their Daytona qualifier the following month, the team apparently packed it in due to lack of funding. If so, it was a shame, because the Grand Am made for a very cool looking stock car.


1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.


1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season.


1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The first elections to the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973.


1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
The metropolitan district was one of the new authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. The new district, one of seven in the West Midlands, had an identical area to the existing County Borough of Wolverhampton. The first council was elected as a "shadow authority", with the reorganisation coming into effect in the following year on 1 April 1974. Subsequent to the election the shadow council successfully petitioned for a royal charter granting borough status, becoming Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council.


1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Elections
At this first election all 60 councillors were elected, there being three councillors in each of the 20 wards. In an anomaly of the usual procedure for local elections, the candidate in first place was elected for 5 years, the candidate in second place for 3 years and the candidate in third place for 2 years. This was to allow for the "shadow" year of 1974 when the Metropolitan Borough Council was operating in shadow of the County Borough. From 1975 elections were by thirds with one councillor retiring in each ward.


1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Elections
Following the election the Labour Party had overall control of the council with 40 councillors to the Conservatives 20. Following the final county borough election held in 1972 the two parties had held 40 seats each on the 80 member council.


1973 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1973 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 2–8 March 1973. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her twelfth consecutive title defeating Cecilie Fleming in the final. The final match lasted just sixteen minutes as McKay once again continued to easily outplay all opposition.


1973 Women's College World Series
The 1973 Women's College World Series was contested among 16 teams on May 17-20 in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the first series held under the auspices of the AIAW, which had recently been established by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) for the purpose of conducting national championships.


1973 Women's College World Series, Teams
Arizona State won its second consecutive WCWS championship, splitting the final two games with Illinois State, including the marathon final game that went 16 innings. Margie Wright pitched all 16 innings in that game for the Redbirds as they narrowly fell to Arizona State, 4-3. On the day of that final, Wright hurled 30 innings in three games. Ironically, for pitching too many innings in one day, a three-woman Illinois sports commission suspended her from pitching in any game in her upcoming senior season and also banned the softball team from post-season play in 1974.


1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup was the first tournament of its kind, held two years before the first limited overs World Cup for men in 1975. The competition was won by the hosts, England. The competition was the brainchild of businessman Sir Jack Hayward, who contributed £40,000 towards its costs.


1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
England, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica were joined by an International XI and a Young England side in a round robin league which saw the top team win the World Cup. England topped the group with 20 points from their six matches, including five victories and one defeat, while Australia were runners up posting 17 points with four wins.


1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
The final round robin match, held at Edgbaston on 28 July, was distinguished by a commanding century by Enid Bakewell of England, whose 118 formed the bedrock of England's imposing 279-3 in their 60 overs, with captain Rachel Heyhoe-Flint scoring 64. Australia were restricted by tight England bowling and fell well short of their target, scoring 187-9. The cup was presented by Princess Anne and the winning England team were hosted at a reception at 10 Downing Street by Prime Minister Edward Heath.


1973 Women's Cricket World Cup
Bakewell, one of England's finest all time players, was the leading run-scorer in the competition with 264 runs while Rosalind Heggs, of Young England, headed the bowling aggregates with 12 wickets. The next World Cup was held five years later in 1978.


1973 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 34th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 24 and 25 February in Strömsund at the Strömsvallen Strömsund ice rink.


1973 World 600
The 1973 World 600, the 14th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on May 27, 1973, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1973 World 600, Summary
The grid consisted of 40 drivers. Alton Jones would finish in last place due to an engine problem on lap 2 out of the 400 laps that made up the race. Buddy Baker defeated David Pearson by 1.8 seconds in front of 85,000 spectators. Baker made history as he became the first driver to both win this race two years in a row and win the race three times. Six cautions slowed the race for 48 laps. There were 23 different leaders. The race lasted four hours and twenty-six seconds.


1973 World 600, Summary
Baker would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 158.051 miles per hour (254.358 km/h) while the average race speed was 134.890 miles per hour (217.084 km/h). Other drivers in the top ten included: Cale Yarborough, Bobby Isaac, Benny Parsons, Jim Vandiver, Darrell Waltrip, Cecil Gordon, Dick Brooks, and David Sisco. Ed Negre (#08), David Ray Boggs (#8) and Charlie Roberts failed to qualify for the race.


1973 World 600, Summary
Peter Gregg had a terrible crash early in the race in the final race for Cotton Owens' famous red #6 Dodges, then Vic Parsons would have had hard crash later on in the race.


1973 World 600, Summary
Notable crew chiefs in the race were Tim Brewer, Jake Elder, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Vic Ballard, Tom Vandiver, and Bud Moore.


1973 World 600, Summary
On the day of the race, 0.01 inches of precipitation would be recorded around the speedway. It would be enough rain to delay the race from lap 241 to lap 256.


1973 World 600, Summary
Cotton Owens would retire as a NASCAR race car owner after this race. David Pearson would be prevented from tying Richard Petty's record of ten consecutive wins at this race. Pearson would end up racking a 105 victories. Bobby Allison skipped this race to do the 1973 Indianapolis 500.


1973 World 600, Summary, Introductions to NASCAR
Peter Gregg would make his only NASCAR Cup Series start at this event. Billy Scott-Union,S.C. BD 8/9/1935 and Charlie Blanton would start their respective NASCAR careers at this race and would race for several others.


1973 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 17 and 18 February 1973 in Deventer at the IJsselstadion ice rink.


1973 World Aquatics Championships
The first FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, from August 31 to September 9, 1973.


1973 World Archery Championships
The 1973 World Archery Championships was the 27th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Grenoble, France in July 1973 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). It was the first World Championships to be held since Archery became an Olympic sport.


1973 World Championship Tennis Finals
The 1973 World Championship Tennis Finals was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 3rd edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1973 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from May 7 through May 13, 1973.


1973 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Ken Rosewall was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Arthur Ashe.


1973 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Stan Smith won the singles title of the 1973 World Championship Tennis Finals after a 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final against Ashe.


1973 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1973 World Championship Tennis circuit
The 1973 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1973. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). In April 1972 WCT signed an agreement with the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) as a result of which the 1973 men's tennis season was divided in a WCT section, which ran from January until May, and a Grand Prix circuit which was held from May onward. The WCT circuit divided the players into two groups of 32 players, with each group playing 11 tournaments of the 22 tournaments. The four highest ranked players from each group qualified for the season finals in Dallas. The total available prize money was almost $1,250,000.


1973 World Congress of Peace Forces
The 1973 World Congress of Peace Forces was held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, October 25-October 31, 1973. At the congress over 3200 delegates from 143 countries, representing more than 1100 political parties, national organizations and movements. Representatives from 123 international organizations took part in the event.


1973 World Congress of Peace Forces, Opening session
The Congress was opened by Seán MacBride, president of the International Peace Bureau and vice chairman of the international preparatory committee of the Congress. Romesh Chandra, the general secretary of the World Peace Council, was elected chair of the Congress.


1973 World Congress of Peace Forces, Opening session
Other speakers at the opening of the conference were Abdulrahim Abby Farah, representative of the UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Peter Onu, vice general secretary of the Organisation of African Unity, and Pierre Lebart, representative of the UNESCO Director-General René Maheu.


1973 World Congress of Peace Forces, Opening session
The main speaker of the event was Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His speech was followed by a short intervention by Horace Perera, general secretary of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, who thanked Brezhnev for his contributions for the cause of peace.


1973 World Congress of Peace Forces, Commissions
Fourteen separate commissions, who held parallel meetings during the Congress, were formed. These were:


1973 World Cup
The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in Marbella, Spain. The name of the club was later changed to Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. It was the 21st World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 49 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country.


1973 World Cup
Team Czechoslovakia of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified, but withdraw from the tournament before it begun. Also before the tournament begun, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen, Peter Oosterhuis, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the New Zealand team, replaced by Simon Owen and Brian Huggett, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan.


1973 World Cup
The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus won by six strokes over the South Africa team of Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player. This was the 12th team victory for United States, six of them with Jack Nicklaus on the team, in the event, formerly named Canada Cup, since its inception in 1953.


1973 World Cup
The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.


1973 World Fencing Championships
The 1973 World Fencing Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden.


1973 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1973 World Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 3 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was the last year in which solid gold medals were awarded in figure skating.


1973 World Figure Skating Championships
The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Cerveka.


1973 World Figure Skating Championships
Irina Rodnina won her first World title with her new partner, Alexander Zaitsev after her previous partner, Alexei Ulanov, chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. Rodnina / Zaitsev's music stopped during their short program, possibly due to a Czech worker acting in retaliation for the suppression of the Prague Spring.


1973 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Sonja Balun of Austria and Krisztina Homolya of Hungary withdrew before the opening ceremony.


1973 World Judo Championships
The 1973 World Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Lausanne, Switzerland from June 22–24, 1973.


1973 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 1973 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in London, Great Britain.


1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship  was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3–18 December 1973.


1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The Pairs was won by Australia whilst the Triples, Fours Gold and Taylor Trophy all went to New Zealand.


1973 World Rally Championship
The 1973 World Rally Championship was the inaugural season for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC) format. It consisted of 13 events, each held in a different country of the world. Many of the events would be staples of the series through to today, including Monte Carlo, Sweden, Tour de Corse, and the RAC Rally, while others would soon be replaced in the schedule. As with following seasons, gravel events formed the majority of the schedule. Two pure tarmac and one snow and ice rally were also included, as well as three events held on a mixture of soft and hard surface roads.


1973 World Rally Championship
The first award of the Championship for Manufacturers was firmly won by Alpine-Renault, which had already gained fame competing for the earlier International Championship for Manufacturers. Fiat successfully placed second ahead of challenger Ford, but could not seriously challenge the winning Alpine. However, this would also prove to be the last award for the Alpine, as it gave way in subsequent years to Italian firms Lancia and Fiat. A French manufacturer would not regain the Championship again until Peugeot successfully captured the 1985 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.


1973 World Rally Championship
From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a season championship for the winning manufacturer. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.


1973 World Rally Championship, Calendar
For the first ever World Rally Championship, there were thirteen rallies.


1973 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
VI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held from 15 November to 18 November 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.


1973 World Sambo Championships
The 1973 World Sambo Championships were held in Tehran, Iran on September 6–11. It was the first World Sambo Championships. The participating teams were from Bulgaria, Mongolia, Iran, Spain, Japan, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia, etc. For the first time World Sambo Championships was part of the FILA World Wrestling Championships (1975 and 1983 editions also included Sambo contest.)


1973 World Series
The 1973 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1973 season. The 70th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets. The Athletics won the series in seven games for their second of three consecutive World Series titles.


1973 World Series
The Mets won the NL East division by 1+1⁄2 games over the St. Louis Cardinals, then defeated the Cincinnati Reds, three games to two, in the NL Championship Series. The Athletics won the AL West division by six games over the Kansas City Royals, then defeated the Baltimore Orioles, three games to two, in the AL Championship Series.


1973 World Series
This was the first World Series in which all weekday games started at night. This was the last World Series in which each team produced and sold its own game programs for its home games.


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The 1973 Mets' .509 season winning percentage is the lowest posted by any pennant winner in major league history. Injuries plagued the team throughout the season.


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The team got off to a promising 4–0 start, and went .600 for the month of April. Before long, however, the team was soon beset with injuries and fell in standing, just as with their previous season. Stumbling through the summer in last place, the Mets got healthy and hot in September, ultimately winning the division with a mere 82 victories, 1+1⁄2 games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. This marked the only time between 1970 and 1980 that neither their rival Philadelphia Phillies, nor the Pittsburgh Pirates, won the division.


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
At 82–79, the 1973 New York Mets had the worst record of any team to play in a World Series. They had only the ninth-best record in the 24-team major leagues, behind the Oakland A's, the Cincinnati Reds (who they beat in the National League Championship Series), the Baltimore Orioles (who were defeated by Oakland in the American League Championship Series), the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants, the Boston Red Sox, the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals (none of whom made the postseason).


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The 1973 New York Mets had the lowest winning percentage (now the second-lowest) of any postseason team (the San Diego Padres finished 82–80 in 2005). 1969 holdovers Bud Harrelson, Jerry Grote, Wayne Garrett, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Tug McGraw and Cleon Jones joined forces with the Mets' farm-system alumni John Milner and Jon Matlack and trade-acquired Rusty Staub, Félix Millán, and Willie Mays, now 42 years old. Don Hahn and Mays alternated in center field, although they both batted right-handed.


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
The Mets' NLCS opponents, an imposing Cincinnati Reds squad that posted 99 victories during the regular season, were the favorite to return to the Series for a second consecutive year. (The Reds had fallen to the A's in the previous year's Series.) The 1973 NLCS went the full five games, and featured a now-famous brawl between Pete Rose and Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson. In the end, the Mets continued their improbable rise and bumped Rose and the rest of the mighty Reds from the playoffs.


1973 World Series, Background, New York Mets
Willie Mays recorded the final hit of his career in Game 2. In four World Series (1951, 1954, 1962, and 1973), Mays did not hit a single home run. He hit only one in the postseason, during the 1971 NLCS. Mays also fell in the outfield.


1973 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
The Oakland A's secured the pennant by overcoming the Baltimore Orioles in the 1973 ALCS. The A's, defending champions, still possessed a formidable lineup headed by a healthy Reggie Jackson, (.293, 32 HR, 117 RBI, 22 stolen bases) who would be named league MVP in 1973. Jackson was joined in the lineup by standouts like third baseman Sal Bando, the fine defensive outfielder Joe Rudi, the speedy shortstop Bert Campaneris, and the A's catcher, 1972 World Series hero Gene Tenace. The pitching staff featured three 20-game winners, Ken Holtzman (21–13), Catfish Hunter (21–5), and Vida Blue (20–9), with Rollie Fingers (22 saves, 1.92) serving as the A's ace relief pitcher.


1973 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
The A's offered entertainment both on and off the field in 1973; their brightly colored uniforms were the perfect metaphor for a team notable for clashing personalities. The stars engaged regularly in conflicts with each other and with owner Charles O. Finley.


1973 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
With the designated hitter rule in effect for the first time in 1973, American League pitchers did not bat during the regular season. They were, however, expected to take their turn at the plate during each game of this Series. So it was that a man who had played no offensive role during the regular season came to make a key batting contribution for the A's during the Series. With some extra batting practice, A's pitcher Ken Holtzman would stroke a double that helped the A's to win Game 1 – and another double that helped them secure the deciding seventh game.


1973 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
This Series was also notable for an incident where Finley attempted to "fire" second-baseman Mike Andrews for his errors in Game 2 (see below). Commissioner Bowie Kuhn would reinstate Andrews and fine Finley. Despite the hostility of the Oakland players toward the team's owner, the A's would be the first to repeat as World Champions since the 1961–62 New York Yankees. Oakland manager Dick Williams resigned after the Series was over, having had enough of owner Charles O. Finley's interference.


1973 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
Oakland reliever Darold Knowles became the first pitcher to appear in every game of a seven-game World Series.


1973 World Series, Summary
AL Oakland A's (4) vs. NL New York Mets (3)


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Mets and A's opened the Series in Oakland with Jon Matlack and Ken Holtzman as the Game 1 starters  (Matlack, with a 14–16 record during the 1973 season, is one of only four pitchers in history to start Game 1 of a World Series after a regular season losing record). Willie Mays started in place of the injured Rusty Staub and batted third in what turned out to be his final big league start.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
In the third, pitcher Holtzman doubled and scored when Bert Campaneris hit a routine grounder that inexplicably bounced between Mets second baseman's Félix Millán's legs. Campaneris then stole second and scored on a single to right by Joe Rudi. The Mets came up with a run in the fourth on an RBI single by John Milner that scored Cleon Jones. Holtzman, Rollie Fingers, and Darold Knowles then shut the door on the Mets offense; Knowles earned the save.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Game 2, eventually won by the Mets 10–7 in 12 innings, set a new record for the longest game in Series history at four hours and 13 minutes. Along with blinding sunshine "turn{ing} every fly ball into adventure" (especially for a 42-year-old Willie Mays), Curt Gowdy described the contest in the official MLB 1973 Fall Classic highlight film as one of the "longest and weirdest games in World Series history".


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Vida Blue opposed Jerry Koosman on the mound, but neither pitched well. In the first inning, the A's jumped on Koosman for two runs as the flyball adventures began. With one out, Joe Rudi reached second on a fly ball to left that Cleon Jones lost in the sun as he drifted to the warning track and the ball dropped in front of him. Rudi scored when the next batter, Sal Bando, hit a ball to right center that Don Hahn misplayed and allowed to bounce to the wall as Bando reached third.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After Gene Tenace walked with two outs, Bando scored on a Jesús Alou double. The A's scored again in the second on Joe Rudi's single scoring the ubiquitous Bert Campaneris, who had tripled. The Mets got home runs from Cleon Jones and Wayne Garrett in the second and third innings, respectively.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The A's were still up 3–2 going into the sixth when things got even more strange. With one out and two on, Horacio Piña relieved Blue and promptly hit Jerry Grote with his first pitch, loading the bases. Don Hahn then drove home Cleon Jones with an infield hit and Bud Harrelson followed with an RBI single to put the Mets ahead 4–3. Jim Beauchamp then pinch-hit for reliever Harry Parker and hit a comebacker to the mound. Darold Knowles, who had relieved Pina, fielded the ball but lost his balance hurrying the throw home and threw wildly past Ray Fosse on the attempted force play. Two more Mets runs scored for a 6–3 lead.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Reggie Jackson had an RBI double in the seventh to make it 6–4. In the ninth, Deron Johnson, batting for Blue Moon Odom, lifted a fly ball to center that Willie Mays lost in the sun and fell down while chasing. Johnson reached second. Allan Lewis pinch-ran and scored on a single by Jackson after Sal Bando walked. Gene Tenace singled in Bando to tie it.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Mets threatened in the 10th when Harrelson led off with a single. Tug McGraw bunted for a sacrifice and Rollie Fingers threw to second, but Harrelson ran with the pitch and was safe. McGraw was retired on the relay to first. Harrelson went to third when Garrett bounced a high grounder to Tenace at first and reached when Tenace's throw pulled Fingers off the bag. Harrelson then tagged and attempted to score on a Félix Millán fly to left. Harrelson appeared to have sidestepped Fosse's tag at the plate (and replays from NBC's broadcast clearly showed Fosse missed him), but he was called out by umpire Augie Donatelli, prompting a heated outburst from Harrelson, on-deck batter Willie Mays, and manager Yogi Berra.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The game stayed knotted at 6–6 until the top of the 12th. Harrelson led off with a double and went to third when McGraw reached first on a bunt that Sal Bando overran. With two outs, Mays drove in Harrelson with a single that would turn out to be the final hit and RBI of his storied career. It gave the Mets a 7–6 lead.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After Jones walked to load the bases, John Milner grounded to second baseman Mike Andrews, but the ball went through his legs. McGraw and Mays scored to make the lead 9–6. The next batter, Grote, hit another grounder to Andrews, but his throw to first pulled Tenace off the bag (though NBC replays showed Tenace kept his foot on the bag). Jones scored to make it 10–6.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The A's added a run in the bottom of the inning when Jackson reached third as Mays lost yet another fly ball in the sun and Alou singled him home, but Andrews' errors proved too much to overcome. McGraw, who pitched six innings total, earned the win, and George Stone the save and the Mets evened the series.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
A's owner Charlie Finley was furious at Andrews' 12th-inning miscues; he proceeded to punish Andrews (and further alienate A's manager Dick Williams) by placing the infielder on the disabled list—citing a fake injury that would have sidelined Andrews for the rest of the Series. Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn stepped in, reactivated Andrews, and disciplined Finley.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Game 3 matched up Tom Seaver and Catfish Hunter. Hunter had trouble early on when Wayne Garrett homered to right and Félix Millán scored on a wild pitch, but then found his rhythm. Seaver kept the A's off the board until the sixth, when Sal Bando and Gene Tenace broke through with consecutive doubles that delivered a run and cut the Met lead to 2–1. Joe Rudi came up with another clutch hit in the eighth when he singled in Bert Campaneris to tie the game. In the tenth, Willie Mays would make his final appearance in an MLB game, unsuccessfully pinch-hitting for Tug McGraw. Campaneris delivered the game-winning RBI in the 11th when he singled off Harry Parker to score Ted Kubiak. Rollie Fingers got the save.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
A's starter Ken Holtzman couldn't make it out of the first inning after Rusty Staub smashed a three-run homer to left-center. Blue Moon Odom relieved and gave up a two-run single to Staub in a three-run Mets fourth. Jon Matlack got the win by pitching eight innings of three-hit ball. Ray Sadecki pitched the ninth and got the save.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Mike Andrews entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, prompting a standing ovation from the Mets' home crowd, in a display of defiance toward A's owner Charlie Finley. Andrews grounded out in what would be his last major league at-bat.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Game 5 was a rematch up of Vida Blue and Jerry Koosman. This time, both pitchers threw well. John Milner had an RBI single in the second, and Don Hahn's triple to center field scored Jerry Grote with the second Mets run in the sixth. Koosman pitched well and got the win, with a save from Tug McGraw.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The A's won, thanks to the clutch pitching of Catfish Hunter (who outdueled Tom Seaver), and the timely hitting of Reggie Jackson. Jackson doubled and drove in Joe Rudi in the first inning and doubled in Sal Bando in the third to give Oakland a 2–0 lead. In the eighth inning, the Mets threatened, knocking Hunter out of the game after Ken Boswell singled in a run. Reliever Darold Knowles put out the fire by striking out Rusty Staub on three pitches with two men on base. In the bottom half of the inning, the A's added an insurance run when Jackson singled, advanced to third on center fielder Don Hahn's error, and scored on Jesús Alou's sacrifice fly. Rollie Fingers got the save in the ninth inning to force a seventh game.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Ken Holtzman outdueled Jon Matlack in a rematch of the Game 4 starters. The third inning proved to be the difference, as Holtzman lined a one-out double off Matlack to left, his second of the Series after not batting at all during the season. Matlack then surrendered a two-run opposite-field homer to Bert Campaneris (Oakland's first home run of the series), and then another two-run blast to Reggie Jackson later in the inning, giving the A's a 4–0 lead and Holtzman all the runs he needed. The Mets came back with two runs after Oakland increased their lead to 5–0 in the fifth inning, but it was not enough. Campaneris snagged a Wayne Garrett pop fly to end the series; and Jackson was named the World Series MVP.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the third inning, Gene Tenace walked for the 11th time tying the Series record set by Babe Ruth of the Yankees in 1926. In the seventh inning, Wayne Garrett struck out for the 11th time tying the Series record set by Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves in 1958 (later broken in 1980 when Willie Wilson of the Royals struck out 12 times). Darold Knowles got the save and became the only pitcher to appear in all seven games of a seven-game World Series until Brandon Morrow in the 2017 World Series.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The final out was recorded at 4:07 p.m. Pacific Time, making this the last World Series (through 2020) to end in daylight.


1973 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Vern Hoscheit, a coach with the A's in 1973, would win a World Series with the Mets as a coach in 1986.


1973 World Series, Composite line score
1973 World Series (4–3): Oakland A's (A.L.) over New York Mets (N.L.)


1973 World Series of Poker
The 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1973 series marked the first time a single player won more than one preliminary World Series of Poker event. The 1973 WSOP was the 4th annual poker.


1973 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 13 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10K to enter the winner-take-all tournament.


1973 World Snooker Championship
The 1973 World Snooker Championship  (also known as 1973 Park Drive World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a  snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 28 April 1973 at the City Exhibition Hall in Manchester, England.


1973 World Snooker Championship
Ray Reardon won in the final 38–32 against Eddie Charlton.


1973 World Sportscar Championship
The 1973 World Sportscar Championship season was the 21st season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Porsche.


1973 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.


1973 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event. The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October, was canceled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.


1973 World Sportscar Championship, Results, World Championship for Makes
Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make. The 7 best results were retained  for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.


1973 World Sportscar Championship, Results, The cars
The following models contributed to the nett pointscores of their respective makes.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Sarajevo from April 5 to April 15, 1973.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 32nd edition of the men's doubles championship. Stellan Bengtsson and Kjell Johansson won the title after defeating István Jónyer and Tibor Klampár in the final by three sets to two.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 32nd edition of the men's singles championship.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Hsi En-ting defeated Kjell Johansson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 32nd edition of the men's team championship.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
Sweden won the gold medal by virtue of winning the final group. Despite losing one of the matches against the Soviet Union they topped the group with a superior match record. China took silver and Japan bronze.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 32nd edition of the mixed doubles championship.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Liang Geliang and Li Li defeated Anatoli Strokatov and Asta Gedraitite in the final by three sets to one.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 31st edition of the women's doubles championship. Maria Alexandru and Miho Hamada defeated Chou Pao Chin and Lin Mei Chun in the final by three sets to nil.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 32nd edition of the women's singles championship. Hu Yu Lan defeated Alice Grófová in the final by three sets to nil, to win the title.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 25th edition of the women's team championship.


1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
South Korea won the gold medal, China won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze medal.


1973 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1973 World Taekwondo Championships were the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from May 25 to May 27, 1973.


1973 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1973 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from September 15 to September 23, 1973. There were 189 men from 39 nations in the competition. These were the first championships held since the elimination of the clean and press from competition.


1973 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1973 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1973 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Yugoslavia between 7-15 December 1973.


1973 World Wrestling Championships
The 1973 World Wrestling Championships were held in Tehran, Iran. For the first and subsequently the last time Sambo wrestling was included as part of the World Wrestling Championships programme. U.S. National Team included Buck Deadrich, David Pruzansky and Wayne Baughman. Deadrich and Pruzansky both captured bronze medals


1973 Wrestling World Cup
The 1973 Wrestling World Cup was held from May 19 to 20 in Toledo, Ohio. This was the first World Cup edition, which was contested in the dual meet format instead of individual tournament. The competition drew four freestyle wrestling champion teams, representing Europe, Asia, and North America — Soviet Union, Japan, and Canada respectively, which had the best final standings at the 1973 World Wrestling Championships, and the host country, the United States team. As during the previous edition, the winner of the World Cup was the USSR National Team.


1973 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1973 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Cowboys were led by third-year head coach Fritz Shurmur and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with a 4–7 record overall and a 3–4 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish tied for 4th in the conference.


1973 Xavier Musketeers football team
The 1973 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In its second season under head coach Tom Cecchini, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 376 to 191.


1973 Xavier Musketeers football team
On December 19, 1973, the Xavier University Board of Trustees voted 15 to 3 to discontinue the school's intercollegiate football program, effective immediately. The university's president, Rev. Robert W. Mulligan, attributed the decision to the "spiraling costs of intercollegiate football" which had led to a $200,000 deficit in 1973 despite the team having its most successful season in five years.


1973 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1973 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs were led by ninth-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for second place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 6–3 overall.


1973 Yugoslav Cup
The 1973 Yugoslav Cup was the 26th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.


1973 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
The Yugoslav Cup was a tournament for which clubs from all tiers of the football pyramid were eligible to enter. In addition, amateur teams put together by individual Yugoslav People's Army garrisons and various factories and industrial plants were also encouraged to enter, which meant that each cup edition could have several thousands of teams in its preliminary stages. These teams would play through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams.


1973 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
Unlike most cup finals played since the late 1950s which had been traditionally scheduled to coincide with the end of the football league season and Youth Day celebrated on 25 May (a national holiday in Yugoslavia which also doubled as the official commemoration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday), the 1973 and 1974 cups were played over only four months, with finals played in November in capital Belgrade, to coincide with Republic Day on 29 November.


1973 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
Since the final was always meant to be determined on or around a national holiday at the JNA Stadium in capital Belgrade, and to avoid unfair advantage this would give to Belgrade-based clubs, the Football Association of Yugoslavia adopted the rule in the late 1960s which said that the final could be played as a one-legged tie (in cases when both finalists are from outside Belgrade) or double-legged (when at least one of them is based the capital), with the second leg always played in Belgrade. This rule was used for all eight cup finals involving Belgrade clubs played from 1970 to 1985.


1973 Yugoslav Cup, First round
In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.


1973 Zambian general election
General elections were held in Zambia on 5 December 1973. They were the first elections held since the country was formally declared a one-party state in August, with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the only legally permitted party. UNIP leader Kenneth Kaunda was automatically elected to a third five-year term as President, and was confirmed in office via a referendum in which 88.8% of voters approved his candidacy. UNIP also won all 125 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 39% of the 1,746,107 registered voters for the presidential election, and 33% for the National Assembly election.


1973 Zambian general election
Prior to the elections, primary elections were held to elect candidates for the 125 constituencies. Only UNIP members could vote in the primaries, and the top three candidates would be able to stand for the National Assembly election. In total, 532 people stood for election to the National Assembly.


1973 Zambian general election, Results, President
Kaunda was the sole candidate for president, and voters voted yes or no to his candidacy.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities
The 1973 enlargement of the European Communities was the first enlargement of the European Communities (EC), now the European Union (EU). Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) acceded to the EC on 1 January 1973. Gibraltar and Greenland also joined the EC as part of the United Kingdom and Denmark respectively, but the Danish Faroe Islands, the other British Overseas Territories and the Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom did not join the EC.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities
Ireland and Denmark both held referenda in 1972 in May and October respectively, and the United Kingdom held a referendum in 1975, on membership of the EC, all which approved membership of the EC. Norway planned to accede, but this was rejected in a referendum held in September 1972. In 1992 Norway again applied to join, but voters again rejected the proposal in a 1994 referendum.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities
Greenland later withdrew from the EC on 1 January 1985 after a referendum in 1982. This was followed by the United Kingdom holding a referendum in 2016 on membership which resulted in the United Kingdom voting to leave the now EU.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities, Background
The United Kingdom was still recovering from the economic cost of the Second World War. The Republic of Ireland, while an independent state, was economically dependent on the UK, which accounted for nearly 75% of Ireland's exports, as codified in the Anglo-Irish Free trade agreement of 1966.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities, Background
In 1960 the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established and was formed by Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. These countries were often referred to as the Outer Seven, as opposed to the Inner Six of the founding members of the European Community (EC). The EFTA was founded by a convention known as the Stockholm Convention in 1960, with the aim of liberalisation of trade in goods amongst its member states. On 31 July 1961 the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark applied to join the EC.


1973 enlargement of the European Communities, Background
In 1963, after negotiations, France vetoed the United Kingdom's application because of the aversion of Charles de Gaulle to the UK, which he considered a "trojan horse" for the United States. De Gaulle resigned the French presidency in 1969. In the 1970s, the EFTA states concluded free trade agreements with the EC.


1973 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Afghanistan.


1973 in Afghanistan, Beginning of 1973
Afghanistan's internal situation is dominated by difficulties arising from three successive seasons of drought in the central and northern areas of the country. In Ghor province, the shortage is particularly bad; famine is widespread and there are many deaths from starvation.


1973 in Afghanistan, Beginning of 1973
Although massive Soviet and U.S. aid programs, supplemented by less ambitious efforts sponsored by China, Britain, France, India, and other countries, have done much to improve roads, power supplies, irrigation, and other essential elements of an economic substructure on which future progress could be based, the gap that divides Kabul from the outlying and backward areas shows little signs of closing. In those parts of the country the authority of the central government remains minimal, and small notice is taken of the men selected for parliament. Thus, the capital tends to be a world of its own, where governments change, where unrest is chronic, and where the country finds almost its only link with the outside world.


1973 in Afghanistan, July 1973
King Zahir Shah, whose personality has for many years ensured an element of continuity, absents himself in Italy for eye treatment. While he is out of the country, on July 17, Daoud Khan, who has long resented his exclusion from power, takes advantage of some discontent over promotions in the armed forces, along with student unrest and resentment among the educated classes against unemployment, to depose the king in a virtually bloodless coup. The King's forty-year reign was ended within a matter of minutes.


1973 in Afghanistan, July 1973
Leftist military officers and civil servants of the Parcham faction, including the Air Force colonel Abdul Qadir, assist in the overthrow. Daud Khan abolishes the constitution of 1964 and establishes the Republic of Afghanistan with himself as president as well as foreign minister. He announces his adherence to Afghanistan's traditional policy of nonalignment, but is an acknowledged friend of the Soviet Union and a firm supporter of secessionist movements in the Pashto-speaking areas of Pakistan, the North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan - an outlook that seems likely to revive the friction with Pakistan that marked his earlier period of power. Zahir Shah formally abdicates on August 24, and remains in exile in Italy. Daud Khan attempts to introduce socioeconomic reforms, but gradually moves away from the socialist ideals his regime initially espoused.


1973 in Afghanistan, September 20, 1973
Radio Kabul announces the discovery of an allegedly Pakistan-backed plot to overthrow the new regime. A number of civilians and high-ranking military personalities are arrested, including former Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, who is later reported to have hanged himself on October 1 while awaiting trial. Five defendants are subsequently condemned to death and executed on December 25, while others receive long terms of imprisonment. A second attempted coup is foiled in December. The Kabul press accuses Pakistan of fomenting these conspiracies, but no solid evidence for the accusation is forthcoming. In view of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's desire for friendly relations with Afghanistan, it seems more likely that the conspiracies were the products of domestic discontent.


1973 in American television
This is a list of American television-related events in 1973.


1973 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Australia.


1973 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1973.


1973 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1973 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1973 in Bangladesh
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd  year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd  year of the 20th century, and the  4th   year of the 1970s decade.


1973 in Bangladesh
The year 1973 was the second year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the second year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh.


1973 in Bangladesh, Economy
Note: For the year 1973 average official exchange rate for BDT was 7.85 per US$.


1973 in Bangladesh, Events, Awards and Recognition
Seven freedom fighters killed in action during the Liberation War of 1971 were awarded Bir Sreshtho title on 15 December 1973:


1973 in Belgian television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1973.


1973 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1973 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 72nd season of competitive football in the country.


1973 in Brazilian football, State championship champions
(1)Santos and Portuguesa shared the São Paulo State Championship title.


1973 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1973.


1973 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1973.


1973 in British music
This is a summary of 1973 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.


1973 in British music, Year-end charts, Best-selling albums
The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1973 is shown in the table below.


1973 in British music, Year-end charts, Best-selling albums
The most significant changes from the original BMRB chart were that the album previously thought to be the year's best-seller, the soundtrack to the film That'll Be the Day, fell to tenth position, and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Playerby Elton John moved up from number four to become the new best-selling album of 1973.


1973 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1973.


1973 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1973.


1973 in Cambodia
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Cambodia.


1973 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1973. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.


1973 in Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Cape Verde.


1973 in Chile, Events, May
National Day of Voluntary Work, whose motto was Chile works for Chile, in which more than 3 million people participate in support of the government.


1973 in Croatian television
This is a list of Croatian television related events from 1973.


1973 in Croatian television, Deaths
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1973 in Danish television
This is a list of Danish television related events from 1973.


1973 in Estonia
This article lists events that occurred during 1973 in Estonia.


1973 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 1973.


1973 in Estonian television, Deaths
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1973 in French television
This is a list of French television related events from 1973.


1973 in German television
This is a list of German television related events from 1973.


1973 in Greece
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Greece.


1973 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Iceland.


1973 in India
Events in the year 1973 in the Republic of India.


1973 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1973.


1973 in Israel, Events
M60 tank unloaded from a USAF C-5 Galaxy during Operation Nickel Grass


1973 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1973 include:


1973 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1973 include:


1973 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1973 include:


1973 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events of 1973.


1973 in Japan
Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) in the Japanese calendar.


1973 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1973.


1973 in Laos
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Laos.


1973 in Libya
The following lists events that happened in 1973 in Libya.


1973 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1973 in Malaysia
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1973, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.


1973 in Michigan
The Associated Press (AP) selected the top news stories for 1973 in Michigan as follows:


1973 in Michigan
The AP also chose the state's top sports stories as follows:


1973 in Michigan, Population
In the 1970 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 8,875,083 persons, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1980, the state's population had grown 4.4% to 9,262,078 persons.


1973 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 70,000 based on 1970 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1960 and 1980 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1973 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 120,000 based on 1970 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1960 and 1980 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1973 in Michigan, Music
Albums and singles by Michigan artists or centered on Michigan topics that were released or became hits in 1973 include the following:


1973 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in New Zealand.


1973 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 37th New Zealand Parliament commences. Government is by a Labour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.


1973 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Radio and television
See : 1973 in New Zealand television, 1973 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand


1973 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1973 film awards, 1973 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1973 films


1973 in New Zealand, Sport, Horse racing
From January 1973, all races are run at metric distances rather than imperial.


1973 in North Vietnam
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in North Vietnam.


1973 in Norwegian football
The 1973 season was the 68th season of competitive football in Norway.


1973 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1973 in Norwegian music.


1973 in Portugal, Arts and entertainment
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, with Fernando Tordo and the song "Tourada".


1973 in Portugal, Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1972–73 Primeira Divisão and 1973–72 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1972–73 Taça de Portugal and 1973–74 Taça de Portugal.


1973 in Rhodesia
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Rhodesia.


1973 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1973.


1973 in Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Singapore.


1973 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in South Africa.


1973 in South Africa, Railways, Locomotives
Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:


1973 in Swedish football
The 1973 season in Swedish football, starting April 1973 and ending November 1973:


1973 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1973 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 62 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1973 in Thailand
The year 1973 was the 192nd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 28th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2516 in the Buddhist Era. It most significantly marked by the 14 October uprising, which toppled the military government of Thanom Kittikachorn.


1973 in Thailand, Incumbents
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1973 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1973 to Wales and its people.


1973 in Zaire
The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Zaire.


1973 in Zaire, Sources
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1973 in architecture
The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1973 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.


1973 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1973  throughout the world.


1973 in comics
Notable events of 1973 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


1973 in comics, Awards, Comic Fan Art Awards
(Formerly the Goethe Awards) For comics published in 1973. Presented at the 1974 Comic Art Convention, held July 4–8, 1974, at the Commodore Hotel, New York City; and published in The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom #63 (Aug. 1, 1974).


1973 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1973.


1973 in film, Highest-grossing films, United States and Canada
The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:


1973 in film, Highest-grossing films, Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.


1973 in film, Worldwide gross revenue
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. The worldwide revenue for The Sting, for example, is not known. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.


1973 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1973 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1973 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, and miniatures games published in 1973. For video games, see 1973 in video gaming.


1973 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973.


1973 in heavy metal music, Events
Lou Reed is bitten by a fan during a concert in Buffalo,New York


1973 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973.


1973 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1973.


1973 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1973 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1973 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1973 in music, Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1973.


1973 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1973.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A Rallidae, transferred to the new genus Mundia by Bourne, Ashmole et Simmons, 2003, it is the type species of the new genus.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A Gruiformes, Idiornithidae Brodkorb, 1965, transferred to the genus Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré, 2013.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A Psittacidae, transferred to the genus Psittacula"" by Julian P. Hume, 2007.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A Spheniscidae, not for sure a member of the genus Palaeospheniscus Moreno et Mercerat, 1891.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A ? Galbulae the species does not belong in Prinobucco, nor in Neanis, it was transferred to by Feduaccia, 1976, it needs a new genus.


1973 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Enantiornithidae Nessov & Borkin, 1983, known from a single humerus, this is the type species of the new genus.


1973 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1973 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1973 in poetry, Works published in other languages
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1973 in poetry, Works published in other languages, India
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:


1973 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1973 in professional wrestling
1973 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


1973 in radio
The year 1973 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.


1973 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1973.


1973 in science
The year 1973 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1973 in spaceflight
1973 saw the launch of the first American Space station known as Skylab on a Saturn rocket.


1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1973 in television
The year 1973 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.


1973 in the Philippines
1973 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1973.


1973 in the United Arab Emirates
Events from the year 1973 in the United Arab Emirates.


1973 in the United States, Events, November
"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."


1973 in the Vietnam War
1973 in the Vietnam War began with a peace agreement, the Paris Peace Accords, signed by the United States and South Vietnam on one side of the Vietnam War and communist North Vietnam and the insurgent Viet Cong on the other. Although honored in some respects, the peace agreement was violated by both North and South Vietnam as the struggle for power and control of territory in South Vietnam continued. North Vietnam released all American prisoners of war and the United States completed its military withdrawal from South Vietnam.


1973 in the Vietnam War
U.S. Congressional opposition to the Vietnam War forced the U.S. to cease bombing communist forces in Cambodia in August and in November Congress adopted the War Powers Resolution which limited the U.S. President's authority to wage war.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives voted 154 to 75 to cut off U.S. funds for the war in Vietnam once all U.S. forces were withdrawn and U.S. Prisoners of war (POWs) were released. As President Richard Nixon and most Republicans opposed the cutoff, the vote had only symbolic impact.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
In Beijing, Chinese leader Zhou Enlai told North Vietnam's peace negotiator, Le Duc Tho, that "the U.S. effort to exert pressure through bombing has failed." He advised Tho to be flexible in peace negotiations with the Americans and to "let them leave as quickly as possible" and wait for the situation to change.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The Democratic members of the United States Senate followed the lead of the Democrats in the House of Representatives in voting 36 to 12 to cut off funds for the Vietnam War once all U.S. military forces were withdrawn and the POWs released.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp, said he found it difficult to understand the reason for the U.S. Christmas bombing (Operation Linebacker II) and that "we deplore the action."


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Nixon wrote a letter to President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu of South Vietnam asking for Thiệu's cooperation in the Paris peace negotiations and stating that "the unity of our two countries...would be gravely jeopardized if you persist in your present course." Thiệu had scuttled a draft peace agreement reached in October 1972. Nixon pledged to respond with "full force" if North Vietnam violated the peace agreement.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
As U.S. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger prepared to resume peace talks with North Vietnam in Paris, Nixon told him that "almost any settlement would be tolerable." Nixon expressed willingness to accept the draft agreement of October 1972 with a few cosmetic changes to make it appear the U.S. had gained something in the negotiations.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris achieved a "breakthrough" in the peace talks with the main obstacle remaining the opposition of the South Vietnamese government to the agreement.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
With most details of a peace agreement worked out, Kissinger and Tho reached secret agreements regarding cease fires in both South Vietnam and Laos, the release of American POWs and political prisoners in South Vietnam and the partial withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces from South Vietnam.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The Governor General of Australia Paul Hasluck proclaimed the cessation of hostilities in South Vietnam by Australian forces.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Nixon wrote a letter to Thiệu which was delivered in Saigon by military adviser Alexander Haig. Nixon said he was "irrevocably" committed to sign the peace agreement and said he would do so "alone, if necessary." The consequences if Thiệu did not sign the agreement would be a cutoff in American military and economic aid. Nixon pledged to "react strongly in the event the agreement is violated" by North Vietnam and to continue aid to South Vietnam if Thiệu cooperated."


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
All bombing of North Vietnam by the United States was halted and would not be resumed.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Thiệu responded to Nixon's letter with a long list of objections to the draft peace agreement, most importantly the fact that the withdrawal of all North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces from South Vietnam was not required.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Operation Phou Phiang III was the final offensive of the Royal Lao Army (RLA) in the Laotian Civil War. The RLA attacked PAVN positions on the Plain of Jars but failed to evict them before the ceasefire mandated by the Vientiane Treaty came into effect on 21 February.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Nixon responded to Thiệu's objections to the draft peace agreement. He attempted to reassure Thiệu on the issue of PAVN soldiers in South Vietnam. He repeated that he would sign the agreement whether or not Thiệu agreed.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Thiệu notified the U.S. government that he would sign the Paris Peace Accords on behalf of South Vietnam.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Knowing that the peace agreement called for a cease fire in place, Thiệu ordered his armed forces to regain as much territory as possible prior to the ceasefire agreement. South Vietnamese forces established forward posts in communist-controlled areas to bolster their claim to the surrounding land. This was the beginning of what was called the War of the flags.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Former U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson, whose presidency was marred by the Vietnam War, died.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Nixon announced that a peace agreement had been reached in Paris which would end the Vietnam War and "bring peace with honor."


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
With the knowledge that the Paris Peace agreement called for a cease fire in place, PAVN and Viet Cong (VC) troops in South Vietnam attacked 400 villages attempting to expand their area of control before the cease fire took effect. Both North and South Vietnam struggled to gain control of more territory during the "land grab." Within two weeks South Vietnam had regained control of all but 23 of the villages.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
PAVN rockets damaged two United States Marine Corps (USMC) F-4s as they rearmed at Da Nang Air Base.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
In the Battle of Cửa Việt, South Vietnamese forces attempted to recapture the Cửa Việt Base and its vicinity, in northeast Quảng Trị Province. While initially successful, the PAVN eventually forced them to retreat with heavy losses in armored vehicles. Two U.S. aircraft were shot down while supporting the battle, resulting in one captured and three missing.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The Paris Peace Accords, formally titled the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam,", intended to halt the fighting between North and South Vietnam and end U.S. military involvement in the war were signed in Paris. The governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and the United States, as well as the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) that represented the VC signed the agreement. The U.S. agreed to withdraw its remaining military personnel from South Vietnam within 60 days. North Vietnam agreed to a ceasefire and to return all American prisoners of war. North Vietnam was permitted to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The U.S. and North Vietnam also pledged to withdraw their military forces from Laos and Cambodia and cease military operations there.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The ceasefire was observed in some areas, but South Vietnamese troops still fought to regain control of villages captured by PAVN/VC forces the day before.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
Lieutenant Colonel William B. Nolde was killed near An Lộc, the last American soldier to die prior to the ceasefire envisioned in the Paris Peace Accords.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that the draft of young American men into military service would be ended. A few men continued to be drafted until June 30, 1973, when the federal government's authority to induct expired.


1973 in the Vietnam War, January
The PAVN 141st Regiment captured Sa Huỳnh Base in southern Quảng Ngãi Province. Despite the ceasefire coming into effect, given its strategic location the ARVN 2nd Division launched a series of counterattacks, forcing the PAVN out of Sa Huỳnh by 16 February 1973.