1973 Nantes mid-air collision, Report
The accident was investigated by French air accident body, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. Its report identified difficulties in communication between the flight crew of the Convair CV-990 and air traffic control as well as procedural errors from both parties. The crew's unilateral decision to turn the aircraft brought it into the path of the DC-9. ATC had assumed a time-based separation of the two aircraft at the same flight level.


1973 Nantes mid-air collision, In popular culture
The event is briefly mentioned in the MSNBC/The Weather Channel documentary series Why Planes Crash, during the first season episode "Collision Course". The episode features an interview with survivor Betty Barrett and shows images of the damaged CV-990 on landing.


1973 National 500
The 1973 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 7, 1973, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1973 National 500
The Yom Kippur war between Israel and the Arabs broke out the day before. The Arab oil embargo soon went into effect and resulted in cancellation of the Texas race and shortening of 1974 races by 10%. Charlotte Motor Speedway was already in financial trouble, and with the gasoline shortage that fall there was a very high likelihood that not enough fans would attend to cover costs; eventually reopening in 1976.


1973 National 500, Qualifying
The first driver to qualify for pole, Charlie Glotzbach, was found in a post qualifying inspection to have modified his restrictor plate in an illegal fashion. Glotsbach's team was fined $500 and the $1,000 pole bonus he was to receive was rescinded. Glotsbach was forced to re-qualify after changes were made to the car to make it legal, and qualified 34th. Pole was then awarded to David Pearson, who had qualified second.


1973 National 500, Qualifying
Dean Dalton, whose performance on Saturday did not qualify him for the race, was allowed into the race 41st on the grid, because of the above.


1973 National 500, Race report
334 laps took place on a paved track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km) with two cautions given out for sixteen laps. However, the race took three hours and twenty-six minutes to finish with Cale Yarborough defeating Richard Petty by a time of 1.4 seconds. Yarborough and Petty would lap the field three times before retrieving the checkered flag. David Pearson won the official pole position with a speed of 158.315 miles per hour (254.783 km/h) - which was equivalent to 34.109 seconds. Sixty-four thousand people attended this live racing event. The race had a mobile home (driven by Tim Flock) to accompany the drivers and their vehicles on the opening parade lap; which was unusual back then by NASCAR standards and is still considered to be unusual in today's NASCAR.


1973 National 500, Race report
Harry Gant would make his racing debut here; ultimately finishing in 11th place. Dick Trickle also made his debut here, finishing an impressive fifth. Wendell Scott would retire after this race; making a 12th-place finish in this event. Johnny Barnes' 15th-place run was his best in Cup competition. Wayne Andrews would pull out of the race on lap 5 due to engine problems.


1973 National 500, Race report
Buddy Baker retired his car on lap 228, and team owner Nord Krauskopf refused to allow NASCAR to inspect the car after this was done. NASCAR disqualified the team, and therefore, Buddy Baker officially finished 41st. Baker was the last driver to be disqualified for technical infractions until 2019.


1973 National 500, Race report
What made this race extra important to drivers was that $100 was given out for every lap that a driver led ($582.98 when adjusted for inflation). Yarborough and Petty were said to have engines in their cars that exceeded the horsepower permitted by NASCAR during that era. Bobby Allison filed a complaint with Bill France, Jr. which resulted in a 6-hour meeting and "satisfactory restitution."


1973 National 500, Race report
Wind speeds at this race would reach an average of 6.9 miles per hour (11.1 km/h). The race was held on a dry circuit; with no precipitation recorded around the speedway.


1973 National Amateur Cup
The 1973 National Amateur Cup was the 49th annual edition of the national tournament open to amateur soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Football Association.


1973 National Challenge Cup
The 1973 National Challenge Cup was the 60th annual national open soccer championship held by the United States Soccer Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.


1973 National Invitation Tournament
The 1973 National Invitation Tournament was the 1973 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. It was won by Virginia Tech, which won the four games played in Madison Square Garden by a total of five points, including a 92–91 overtime victory over Notre Dame.


1973 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.


1973 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
For years after the game, North Carolina hung a banner in the Dean Smith Center that read "NIT 3RD PLACE 1973." The banner became the subject of ridicule from rival fans, and has since been removed.


1973 National League Championship Series
The 1973 National League Championship Series was played between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds from October 6 to 10. New York won the series three games to two and advanced to the World Series, where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in what was the second of three straight world championships for Oakland. The Mets set a record for lowest win percentage by a pennant winner, finishing the regular season with an 82–79 record. However, most of the season was plagued by the injury jinx to their key players. In September they finally got healthy and just in time for the playoffs. The Mets' victory has gone down as one of the greatest upsets in MLB history, as they dominated the heavily favored Big Red Machine.


1973 National League Championship Series
The 1973 NLCS was marked by a fight that broke out in the fifth inning of the third game, beginning with a tussle between Cincinnati's Pete Rose and New York's Bud Harrelson at second base. Players from both sides joined in a general melee that lasted for several minutes and set off rowdy fan behavior at Shea Stadium in New York. Photographs of the fight, autographed by Rose and Harrelson, are now available at a number of Internet sites.


1973 National League Championship Series
This was the fifth National League Championship Series in all and the only NLCS between 1970 and 1980 not to feature either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates. In fact, from 1969 to 1980 the NL East champion was either the Mets, Pirates or the Phillies.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The starting pitchers, New York's Tom Seaver and Cincinnati's Jack Billingham, produced a classic pitchers' duel in Game 1. The Mets threatened in the first, loading the bases with one out, but Cleon Jones grounded into a double play to end the inning. New York scored its run in the second when Seaver doubled home Bud Harrelson. Seaver was also in control of a normally potent Reds offense, holding the Reds scoreless through seven innings. In the eighth, Pete Rose homered with one out. Seaver yielded another homer in the ninth to Johnny Bench, and the Reds walked off with a 1–0 advantage in the series. Tom Seaver's 13 strikeout performance would be later matched by Jacob DeGrom in the Game 1 of the (2015 National League Division Series).


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Once again, pitching dominated Game 2. New York leveled the series behind the superb pitching of starter Jon Matlack. Lefties Matlack and Reds' starter Don Gullett were near the top of their respective games as a Rusty Staub home run in the fourth inning was the only run through eight innings. After Gullett exited for a pinch hitter in the sixth inning, Clay Carroll shut down the Mets for three innings. The Mets put the game away with four runs in the ninth against Reds' relievers Tom Hall and Pedro Borbón. Matlack completed his two-hitter (reserve outfielder Andy Kosco collected both hits, in the second and seventh innings) by retiring the Reds 1–2–3 in the ninth. In a postgame interview, the light-hitting Harrelson said, "He (Matlack) made the Big Red Machine look like me hitting today."


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
During pregame warm-ups, Harrelson was confronted by Reds second baseman Joe Morgan, who told Harrelson that 1973 batting champion and eventual NL MVP, Pete Rose, didn't appreciate Harrelson's Game 2 post-game disparaging comments, saying Harrelson was finding more fault with the Reds rather than giving Matlack credit.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Mets scored early and often in Game 3, racing out to a 6–0 lead after just two innings. Rusty Staub hit his second homer of the series in the first inning, and the Mets erupted for five more runs in the second, highlighted by yet another homer from Staub, a three-run shot. The Reds scored their runs in the third on a Denis Menke homer and an RBI single by Joe Morgan off Mets starting pitcher Jerry Koosman.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the top of the fifth with Pete Rose on first, Morgan hit a double play ball to Mets first baseman John Milner, Rose slid hard into Bud Harrelson as he tried unsuccessfully to break up the double play. Harrelson said something to Rose and they began to fight at second as both teams poured onto the field. Order was eventually restored and neither Rose nor Harrelson were ejected. But when Rose returned to his left field position in the bottom of the fifth, fans at Shea Stadium began showering him with debris.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Reds manager Sparky Anderson then pulled his team off the field. After a whiskey bottle almost hit Rose, National League president Chub Feeney threatened to force the Mets to declare a forfeit, unless they could calm the fans. Yogi Berra, as well as Willie Mays, Seaver, Staub and Cleon Jones walked out to left field and persuaded fans to stop throwing debris. "Look at the scoreboard!" Mays told them. "We're ahead! Let 'em play the game." The game was completed without any more incidents from either team and the Mets won to take a 2 games to 1 lead.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Reds evened the series behind outstanding pitching and a clutch home run from Pete Rose. The Mets opened the scoring in the third off Reds starter Fred Norman, when Félix Millán singled home Don Hahn. Norman with the help of seven shutout innings from the Reds bullpen, held the Mets to two singles for the rest of the game. The Reds tied the game in the seventh inning on a  Tony Pérez home run. The Reds had scoring threats in the 10th and 11th innings, but couldn't score because of 2 outstanding catches by Rusty Staub.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The latter unfortunately resulted in a severe injury to Staub's right shoulder when he crashed into the right field fence. Then In the 12th, much to the displeasure of the Shea Stadium crowd, Rose hit a tie-breaking homer off Met reliever Harry Parker to give the Reds a 2–1 lead. Pedro Borbón came on to retire the Mets in the bottom of the 12th to even the series at 2–2.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
A Game 5 victory gave the Mets their second National League pennant in five years, as Tom Seaver pitched New York to victory. The Reds loaded the bases in the top of the first but couldn't score, the Mets took the lead on a two-run single by Ed Kranepool (playing in place of the injured Rusty Staub) in the bottom of the inning. Cincinnati tied the game with single runs in the third and fifth on a sacrifice fly by Dan Driessen and an RBI single by Tony Pérez.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Mets went ahead for good with four runs on four hits in the fifth, capped by a run-scoring single from Bud Harrelson. Seaver scored New York's final run in the sixth when he doubled and came home on a Cleon Jones single. Seaver kept the Reds off the board after the fifth, although closer Tug McGraw came on to get the final two outs for the save after the Reds had loaded the bases in the ninth.


1973 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Mets got just six more hits than the Reds in the series (37-31), but outscored them 23-8. The Mets hit just .220 but the great NY Mets staff held the hard-hitting Reds to a meager .186 team batting average.


1973 National Soccer League season
The 1973 National Soccer League season was the fiftieth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in May and concluded in late October with Toronto Hungaria defeating Toronto Croatia for the NSL Championship. Toronto Hungaria repeated their success by defeating Croatia for the NSL Cup, which marked the organization's first league double. Although Toronto Croatia was defeated in the postseason, they still managed to secure the regular season title and qualified for the Canadian Open Cup. In the Canadian Open Cup final Toronto successfully defended the title for the third consecutive season by defeating Challenge Trophy finalists Toronto West Indies United.


1973 National Soccer League season
Toronto Croatia was scheduled to participate in the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Club América, but the series of matches failed to materialize. Stanley Park Stadium was employed for the final time as the Toronto clubs transferred their home venue to the CNE Stadium in 1974. The league experienced an increase in match attendance.


1973 National Soccer League season, Overview
The National Soccer League (NSL) was embroiled in a dispute with the Toronto Indoor Soccer League over the usage of players during the offseason. The NSL teams forbade their contracted players in participating in the indoor league without the consent of their clubs. Despite the ban many NSL players ignored the decision and continued playing in the indoor league. The league increased in membership to 17 teams with the approval of additional teams in Toronto, and Montreal. The NSL expanded into Quebec with the return of Montreal Cantalia, and the Toronto representatives were Toronto Melita, and Toronto Polonia. Melita previously competed in the Toronto & District Soccer League.


1973 National Soccer League season, Overview
Several teams were rebranded with Hamilton Apollos becoming Hamilton City, and Toronto Olympia were renamed Toronto Homer. London City acquired the NSL franchise rights from London German Canadians, and Toronto Hellas had their franchise revoked. The league had an increase in match attendance with Serbian White Eagles, and Toronto Croatia averaging the most. The season also marked the final time the Toronto based clubs would utilize Stanley Park Stadium as their home venue as the municipal government decided to convert the field into a park. The league administration addressed the continuing fan violence throughout the NSL with league president Joe Piccininni committing to place stiffer fines the following season. The league table was modified after Ottawa Tigers was suspended in late August.


1973 National Soccer League season, Cup
The cup tournament was a separate contest from the rest of the season in which all seventeen teams took part. The finals for the cup was to consist of a two-legged match, but was scrapped after the first match was abandoned due to fan violence. The league decided to award the cup to Toronto Hungaria as they were leading the match before it was abandoned.


1973 National Soccer League season, Canadian Open Cup
The Canadian Open Cup was a tournament organized by the National Soccer League in 1971 where the NSL champion would face the Challenge Trophy winners to determine the best team throughout the country. The 1974 edition served as a qualifier match to determine the Canadian representative to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Toronto Croatia were the NSL representative for the third consecutive year while their opponents were the Toronto & District League champions Toronto West Indies United. The Vancouver Firefighters were the 1973 Challenge Trophy winners and originally were invited to participate, but declined which allowed the Challenge Trophy runner-ups Toronto West Indies United to compete for the title.


1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 8th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1974, honored the best filmmaking of 1973.


1973 Nauruan parliamentary election
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1973 Nauruan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 15 December 1973. As there were no political parties, all candidates ran as independents.


1973 Nauruan parliamentary election, Results
Three incumbent MPs, Victor Eoaeo, Derog Gioura and David Dabwido, lost their seats.


1973 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1973 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The team was led by first-year head coach George Welsh.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Adkins, Ken #5 (So.) SEAlward, Tom #63 (Jr.) GAnderson, Dan #67 (Sr.) GAnderson, Frosty #89 (Sr.) SEAustin, Al #78 (Sr.) OTBahe, Ritch #24 (Jr.) WBBelka, Jim #47 (Jr.) FBBell, John #66 (Sr.) MGBenish, Randy #4 (So.) DBBonness, Rik #54 (So.) CBorg, Randy #19 (Sr.) DBBrock, Dan #00 (So.) DTBurns, Burton #49 (So.) FBBurrow, Jim #2 (So.) DBButterfield, Dave #34 (So.) DBCoccia, Tom #98 (So.) DECostanzo, Rich #77 (So.)


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
OTCoyle, Mike (So.) PKCrenshaw, Marvin #70 (Jr.) OTDamkroger, Maury #46 (Sr.) FBDavis, Tony #25 (So.) IBDoak, Mark #71 (Jr.) OTDuda, Rich #50 (Jr.) CDutton, John #90 (Sr.) DTEichelberger, Percy #44 (So.) LBEverett, Earl #9 (So.) QBFischer, Pat #33 (Sr.) DBGissler, Dean #97 (So.) DTGoeller, Dave #28 (Sr.) IBHegener, Stan #64 (Jr.) GHeiser, Tom #27 (So.) WBHenrichs, Dennis #75 (Jr.) OTHeydorff, Mark #22 (Jr.) DB


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Hill, Jeff #36 (Jr.) SEHoins, Steve #52 (So.) OTHumm, Dave #12 (Jr.) QBHunter, Ken #78 (Jr.) MGIverson, Dave #42 (So.) LBJohnson, Ardell #29 (Jr.) DBJohnson, Doug #92 (Sr.) DTJones, Chuck #35 (So.) DBKyros, George #18 (Jr.) DBLackovic, Tim #80 (Jr.) SELee, John #69 (So.) MGLemmerond, Rick #8 (So.) QBLeonardi, Chad #61 (Jr.) GLessman, Randy #6 (So.) DELingenfelter, Bob #73 (So.) OTLloyd, Jerry #99 (So.) MGLongwell, Brent #86 (Sr.) TELuck, Terry #11 (So.) QBManstedt, Steve #82 (Sr.) DEMartin, Bob #87 (So.) DBMazon, Frank #31 (So.) DBMills, George (So.) DTMonds, Wonder #26 (So.) DBMoran, Jeff #30 (Jr.) IBMushinskie, Larry #88 (So.) TENelson, Bob #57 (Jr.) LBNelson, Chris #37 (Jr.) TENorrie, Rod #94 (Jr.) DTOffner, Mike #95 (So.) DEO'Holleran, Mike #38 (Sr.) FBO'Leary, John #14 (So.) IBPanneton, Rick #81 (Jr.) TEPate, Tom #68 (Jr.) DEPavelka, Dennis #74 (Jr.) OT


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Peterson, Matt #39 (So.) TEPillen, Clete #7 (So.) LBPowell, Ralph #41 (Sr.) FBPruitt, Ron #91 (So.) DTPumphrey, Jeff #3 (So.) SERay, Glen #10 (So.) QBRedding, Dave #96 (So.) DERevelle, Bob #84 (Jr.) SERogers, Terry #40 (Jr.) DBRunty, Steve #13 (Sr.) QBRutan, Bob #55 (So.) DERuud, Tom #45 (Jr.) LBSanger, Rich #43 (Sr.) P/PKSchmidt, Dan #51 (So.) GSchmit, Bob #23 (Sr.) LBSchneider, Jeff #1 (So.) DBSeeton, Jim #16 (So.) DBShamblin, Dave #85 (So.) SESledge, Jim #58 (So.) OTStarkebaum, John #48 (Jr.) DBStuberg, Wayne #59 (So.) CTalley, Chester #32 (So.) IBThomas, Tom #53 (Jr.) CThornton, Bob #17 (Sr.) DBThornton, Willie #65 (So.) MGVarner, Rich #56 (So.) CWestbrook, Don #21 (Jr.) WBWhite, Daryl #72 (Sr.) OTWied, Jerry #93 (So.) DTWieser, Steve #83 (Jr.) DEWolfe, Bob #76 (Sr.) OGYaralian, Zaven #15 (Sr.) DBZanetich, Nick #62 (So.) G


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The Tom Osborne era at Nebraska began in style, as the Cornhuskers exacted revenge for last year's loss to UCLA by beating the #10 Bruins in Lincoln 40-13. Nebraska jumped out to a 14-0 lead in less than 10 minutes, and though UCLA scored to come within 7, that was as close as they'd get for the rest of the game as the Blackshirts shut out the Bruins entirely in the 2nd half.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, NC State
It was touch and go for Nebraska as the Cornhuskers fought to stay even with NC State until blowing the game wide open in the 4th quarter with three straight unanswered touchdowns.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
Wisconsin fought Nebraska to a 7-7 tie entering the 4th quarter before pulling ahead by 3 on a field goal with 8 minutes to go. The Cornhuskers replied with a touchdown, which was promptly answered by a 96-yard Badger kickoff return to put Nebraska behind again. Nebraska again responded, marching 83 yards in just seven plays to score again for the win.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
Minnesota QB Tony Dungy managed to get a 1st-quarter touchdown, and that would be the last time the Golden Gophers saw the scoreboard, as the first Minnesota sellout since 1960 (with help from the numerous traveling Cornhusker fans) watched Nebraska dismantle the Gophers 48-7.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri handed coach Tom Osborne his first career defeat as Nebraska's 2-point conversion for the win with 1:00 remaining was intercepted, marking the first time Coach Osborne decided to forgo the tie and take a shot at the win, an approach later repeated to much attention in the 1984 Orange Bowl.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas avoided the 1st half shutout on a recovered Nebraska fumble converted into a field goal. The Jayhawks then came out from halftime and continued to hold off Nebraska while putting in their own touchdown late in the 3rd to pull ahead, though the PAT was blocked. Less than five minutes later, Nebraska responded with a field goal to pull ahead by 1 point, where a tie would have existed had the previous Kansas PAT attempt been good. From there on out, the Blackshirts held on for the rest of the quarter to preserve the razor thin winning margin.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
With 2:23 remaining in a fierce contest, no scoring since the previous quarter, and a 17-17 tie still on the board, Nebraska opted to forgo the easy field goal and instead attempted to go for it on 4th and goal inside the Cowboys' one yard line, but the attempt failed, and both teams were forced to settle for a tie.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Colorado never really had a chance in this game, as Nebraska rolled out to an early 28-3 lead by the half. The final Cornhusker touchdown was a change of plans, after a field goal setup was moved towards the end zone due to a Colorado penalty, and Nebraska instead decided to run one in. The 4th quarter Buffalo touchdown was made on a trick play against Nebraska reserves who had entered the game to mop up.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Once again, Nebraska ran out to a substantial early lead and coasted in for the win, as the game was essentially decided when the Cornhuskers put in a 67-yard pass touchdown just before the half. Nebraska reserves entered the game in the 4th and put in a touchdown to further pad the win.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Kansas State never was in this game, as the Cornhuskers blasted the Wildcats for a 23-0 1st half lead and never really slowed down, rolling up 612 yards of total offense along the way. The performances of Nebraska IB Tony Davis and IB John O'Leary on the day marked the first time two Cornhusker runners exceeded 100 yards in the same game.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Oklahoma completely dismantled Nebraska in every way, as the Cornhuskers were shut out for the first time since 1968, an indignity that would not be repeated until Miami defeated Nebraska in the 1992 Orange Bowl eighteen years later. The Cornhuskers were held to just 74 ground yards and 174 yards of total offense as the Nebraska offense never crossed mid-field.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas
SWC champion Texas put up the first points early in the 1st quarter with a field goal, but never saw the scoreboard again as Nebraska fought back to a 3-3 tie by the half, and then shut down the Longhorns' efforts afterwards by blocking a field goal and recovering a Texas fumble along the way to creating a comfortable lead by the end of the 3rd quarter. It was the Huskers fifth consecutive bowl victory.


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1973 Team Players in the NFL
The 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers seniors selected in the 1974 NFL Draft:


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1973 Team Players in the NFL
The 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers juniors selected in the following year's 1975 NFL Draft:


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1973 Team Players in the NFL
The 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers sophomores selected in the 1976 NFL Draft:


1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, 1973 Team Players in the NFL, NFL and Pro Players
The following is a list of 1973 Nebraska playerswho joined a professional team as draftees or free agents.


1973 Nemuro earthquake
The 1973 Nemuro earthquake, also known as the Nemuro-Oki (Nemuro Peninsula Offshore) earthquake (Japanese: 根室半島沖地震, Hepburn: Nemurohantō oki jishin) in scientific literature, occurred on June 17 at 11:55 local time. It stuck with an epicenter just off the Nemuro Peninsula in northern Hokkaidō, Japan. It measured 7.7 to 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw ), 8.1 on the tsunami magnitude scale (Mt ) and 7.4 on the Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale (MJMA ).


1973 Nemuro earthquake
The earthquake had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and measured level 5 on the JMA intensity scale. It also triggered a tsunami with observed heights of nearly 3 meters hitting the coastal regions of Hokkaidō and causing damage. No deaths were recorded but twenty-seven individuals suffered injuries, mostly due to falling objects. Total damage from this earthquake is estimated to be US$5 million.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Historical seismicity
The Nemuro-Oki earthquake itself refers to large historical earthquakes that have struck near the Nemuro Peninsula on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan. Earthquakes here are of the megathrust type that occurr along subduction zones when the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Okhotsk Sea Plate along the Kuril Trench, located off the east coast of Hokkaidō and Kuril Islands. Subduction rate along the trench is estimated at 8 cm/yr. An average recurrence interval of 72.2 years span between each large earthquake along this section of the subduction zone.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Historical seismicity
In 1894, a large subduction megathrust earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.3 Mw  ruptured a 200 km section of the subduction zone. It generated a tsunami with wave heights of up to 4 meters slamming into the coast between 20 minutes to one hour after the earthquake. Both the earthquake and tsunami damaged many homes and caused ground fissures. The waves washed away many homes, a few vessels and bridges. At least one person was killed and some residents were injured.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Earthquake
The 1973 magnitude 7.9 earthquake stuck at a depth of 48 km beneath the Nemuro Peninsula. A rectangular rupture patch is located between that of the 1952 Tokachi and 1969 Kuril Islands earthquakes was the source area of the 1973 event. This section of the subduction zone was previously designated a seismic gap due to the lack of seismic activity throughout the last 80 years, and it thought to be capable of a magnitude 8.0 quake.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Earthquake
Because of its location, this event was believed to be a repeat of the 1894 earthquake, but was later discovered that the 1973 quake had only rupture the eastern half. Therefore, the 1973 event was a much smaller event than in 1894. An 80 km-long section in the subduction zone between the 1973 and 1952 rupture zones still exist, with the possibility of generating a large earthquake.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Earthquake
Focal mechanism analysis revealed that this earthquake was the result of thrust faulting along the subduction plate boundary. Waveform inversion on teleseismic seismographs show that the earthquake ruptured up, towards the trench, or in a south–southeast direction. Maximum slip along the fault is estimated at 2.7 meters.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Tsunami
Immediately after the earthquake, at 13:06 local time, the Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory broadcast a tsunami warning to residents along the Pacific coast of Hokkaidō. Residents of the Tōhoku region would receive a tsunami warning at 13:13. The tsunami with heights ranging from 2.81 to 5.98 meters struck the coast a few hours later at 15:20, causing damage to about 300 buildings. No deaths were reported from the tsunami.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Tsunami
Due to the advanced tsunami warning systems in place and frequent tsunami and earthquake drills in the region, impact from the tsunami was minimal.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Aftershocks
Seven days after the mainshock, a magnitude (Ms ) 7.1 earthquake struck west of the Nemuro Peninsula at a depth of 50 km. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII or a JMA intensity of 5, lasting for less than a minute. In the community of Goryachiy Plyazh and Golovnino on Kunashir Island, it was felt stronger than the mainshock. Some frightened residents jumped from the windows of their homes. One person was injured and some minor damage was reported in Kushiro, Hokkaidō.


1973 Nemuro earthquake, Aftershocks, 1975 Kuril Islands earthquake
The 1975 Kuril Islands earthquake which struck on June 10, nearly two years after the 1973 event was also considered an aftershock. It ruptured the shallow interface of the Kuril Sunduction Zone with a focal depth of 15 km, between the rupture zones of the 1973 and 1969 earthquakes. Although it had a smaller surface wave magnitude and JMA magnitude of 7.1, it generated tsunami run-ups higher than the mainshock, at 5.5 meters. Further analysis of event data has enabled the calculation for the moment magnitude and tsunami magnitude of the earthquake. Two studies in 1978 and 1977 calculated the magnitude at Mw  7.5–7.6 and 7.7 respectively. Estimating the tsunami magnitude of the event using tsunami data places this event at Mt  7.9. The 1975 aftershock is considered a tsunami earthquake due to the disproportionately large tsunami that it generated.


1973 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 1973 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 23rd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.


1973 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1973 Nepal plane hijack
The 1973 Nepal plane hijack (also known as the Biratnagar Plane Hijack) was the first plane hijacking in the history of Nepal. Girija Prasad Koirala planned the hijack to steal money that the Nepal Rastra Bank was having transported from Biratnagar to Kathmandu.


1973 Nepal plane hijack
The main motive for this incident was to gather funds for an armed revolution to restore multi-party democracy by overthrowing the party-less Panchayat system headed by the King in Nepal.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Aircraft
The aircraft was a DHC-6 Twin Otter (Registration: 9N-ABB) and was delivered to Royal Nepal Airlines in 1971.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Hijackers
Girija Prasad Koirala was the main architect of this hijack. He wanted an armed fight for democracy in Nepal, but did not have sufficient funds. He coordinated with another democratic fighter Durga Subedi. Subedi was recently released from prison, where he read about the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351. He came up with the idea of a plane hijack to collect the funds by carrying out a similar hijack. They were tipped from Madan Aryal who worked at Nepal Rastra Bank in Biratnagar and knew that the bank would transport Indian currency by plane through Biratnagar. Nagendra Dhungel and Basanta Bhattarai joined the team to hijack the plane.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Crew and passengers
Three crew members and 19 passengers were on board the flight, including actress Mala Sinha.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Hijacking
On 10 June 1973, Nepal Rastra Bank planned to transport Indian Rupees from Arrariya, India to Kathmandu via Biratnagar. It was transported to Biratnagar by land, and was supposed then go to Kathmandu by air. At 8:30 NPT, the 19-seater Royal Nepal Airlines Twin Otter passenger aircraft took off for Kathmandu from Biratnagar. The three hijackers hijacked the within five minutes of take-off. They forced the pilot to land the plane in Forbesganj, Bihar, in a grass field and took 3 million Indian rupees that belonged to the Nepalese government.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Hijacking
The hijackers who boarded the plane were Basanta Bhattarai, Durga Subedi, and Nagendra Prasad Dhungel. Girija Prasad Koirala and Chakra Prasad Bastola were involved in transportation of the loot to Darjeeling. They hid it in the house of B. L. Sharma, an acquaintance of BP Koirala. Ganesh Sharma, an Indian national, arrived with a jeep to the landing site. Other members involved who were at the field in Forbesganj were  Binod Aryal, Sushil Koirala , Manahari Baral, Rajendra Dahal and Biru Lama. Three different vehicles were used in transporting the three boxes of cash to Darjeeling.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Weapons used
The pistols used were illegal and had no license. Two 32 revolvers and one 36 grenade bomb were used..


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Aftermath
The plane took off immediately with the passengers after the boxes of cash were taken out. The hijackers went first to Darjeeling, then to Banaras and finally to Mumbai. The hijackers occasionally made trips to New Delhi to meet BP Koirala, the then President of Nepali Congress. However, within a year all hijackers were arrested in India except Nagendra Dhungel. After the 1975 Emergency in India ended, they were released on bail.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Aftermath
The aircraft flew in Nepalese skies for 41 years, before the crash of Nepal Airlines Flight 183 in 2014. The parts of the aircraft were brought to Nepalganj and were put together again and are currently being exhibited in the BP Museum in Sundarijal, Kathmandu.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Aftermath
In 2017, a political and historical documentary about this incident titled Hijacking for Democracy was screened at the Nepal Tourism Board in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu.


1973 Nepal plane hijack, Controversies
It has been alleged that the money, meant to be used in the struggle for democracy, was misused. BP Koirala himself suspected that the money was misused.


1973 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1973 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Nevada competed as an independent. The Wolf Pack were led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Scattini and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution
The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistribution of electoral districts in the history of New Brunswick, Canada. Under this redistribution, New Brunswick changed from a bloc voting electoral system to first past the post. As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as 1967, the number of members was not changed, and multi-member districts were simply subdivided to form single-member districts.


1973 New England Patriots season
The 1973 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Football League and 14th overall. The patriots ended the season with a record of five wins and nine losses and a third place finish in the AFC East Division. It was the first year under head coach and general manager Chuck Fairbanks, hired in January after six seasons as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners.


1973 New England Patriots season
Selections in the 1973 NFL Draft included John Hannah, Sam Cunningham, Ray Hamilton, and Darryl Stingley. The assistant coaches on offense included future NFL head coaches Ron Erhardt, Sam Rutigliano,and Red Miller.


1973 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1973 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In its second year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and tied for fourth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election
The 1973 New Jersey State Senate Senate elections were held on November 6. The result of the elections were large gains for the Democratic Party, which won control of the Senate. The party picked up twelve seats. This election marked the first time since 1967 that Democrats controlled the State Senate.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election
The election coincided with Brendan Byrne's landslide re-election over Republican Charles W. Sandman Jr. The election also took place amidst the height of the Watergate scandal, just weeks after the Saturday Night Massacre.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election
This was also the first New Jersey Senate election held using single-member districts, as the state completed its long transition following the 1964 Reynolds v. Sims decision. As of 2021, it remains the largest single change in seats since single-member districts were adopted.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
Until 1965, the New Jersey State Senate was composed of 21 Senators, with each county electing one Senator. After the U.S. Supreme Court, in Reynolds v. Sims (more commonly known as One Man, One Vote), required redistricting by state legislatures for congressional districts to keep represented populations equal, as well as requiring both houses of state legislatures to have districts drawn that contained roughly equal populations, and to perform redistricting when needed.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
In 1965, the Senate was increased from 21 members to 29 members, and larger counties were given more than one seat, and some smaller counties shared one or two Senators. The map was changed again in 1967, and again in 1971, as the state adjusted to the one man, one vote ruling.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
For the first time, the state was to be divided into 40 legislative districts, with each district electing one State Senator and two members of the General Assembly. The districts were drawn first to achieve a population balance (districts were drawn to be within +/- 4% of each other), and then to be as geographically compact as possible.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
For the most part, incumbent Senators were given their own districts in which to run, with one exception. Senators William J. Bate and Joseph Hirkala, both of Passaic County (District 14), were re-districted into the same district, numbered 34. Bate successfully ran for Assembly rather than challenge Hirkala.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Gains and Losses
Two incumbent Republican Senators were elected to Congress in 1972 and resigned their State Senate seats in January 1973 to take their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Both seats were won by Democrats:


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Gains and Losses
One incumbent Republican Senator was defeated for renomination in the June primary and Republicans held that seat:


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open seats
Five incumbent Republican Senators did not seek re-election in 1973, and Democrats won four of those seats:


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open seats
Five incumbent Democratic Senators did not seek re-election in 1973. Democrats won four of those seats, and the fifth was one by an Independent:


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, District 3, Republican primary, Campaign
Turner was removed from his seat on June 28 after his conviction for conspiracy to place 6,500 amphetamine tablets in the home of Kenneth A. Gewertz, the Democratic Assemblyman from the district. He was sentenced to five years in prison.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, District 3, Republican primary, Campaign
The conviction barred Turner from holding or seeking  any state office. Nevertheless, Turner remained in the race, saying "I intend to win, and I expect the Senate to seat me."


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, District 3, Republican primary, Campaign
Because it was too late to remove Turner from the ballot, an appeal was made to remove him, which a judge denied. The Republican Party attempted to run a write-in campaign for Gloucester Sheriff Walter Fish instead.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, District 30, Democratic primary, Campaign
The campaign pitted the Hudson County Democratic Organization, which supported Castano, against the Essex County Organization, which supported Senatore.


1973 New Jersey State Senate election, Leadership
Democrats chose Frank J. Dodd as the Senate President and Matthew Feldman as Majority Leader; Republicans named the outgoing Senate President, Alfred Beadleston as Minority Leader.


1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1973. Incumbent Republican Governor William T. Cahill ran for reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Charles W. Sandman Jr. In the general election, Democratic nominee Brendan Byrne defeated Sandman with 66.67% of the vote.


1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this remains the largest popular victory in the history of New Jersey by a Democratic candidate. Byrne carried 20 of New Jersey's 21 counties, with Sandman only winning his native Cape May. This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which the Democratic nominee won Morris and Sussex counties.


1973 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1973 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rudy Feldman, the Lobos compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against WAC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 287 to 257.


1973 New Mexico Lobos football team
Rich Diller, Don Woods, and Don Hubbard were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Don Woods with 869 passing yards, 971 rushing yards, and 66 points scored, and Paul Labarrere with 374 receiving yards.


1973 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1973 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Bradley, the Aggies compiled a 5–6 record. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1973 New Orleans Saints season
The 1973 New Orleans Saints season was the team's seventh as a member of the National Football League (NFL). They improved on their previous season's output of 2–11–1, winning five games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.


1973 New Orleans Saints season
New Orleans made a disastrous trade in January, dealing the No. 2 overall selection in the 1973 NFL Draft to the Baltimore Colts for defensive end Billy Newsome. The Colts used the traded pick to select LSU quarterback Bert Jones, who guided the team to three consecutive AFC East division championships from 1975 to 1977.


1973 New Orleans Saints season
J.D. Roberts, who became the Saints' second head coach midway through the 1970 season, was fired August 27, two days after a 31–6 loss to the New England Patriots in the fourth exhibition game. Roberts was replaced by offensive backfield coach John North. Roberts ended his Saints tenure with a 7–25–3 mark.


1973 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints opened the year with a 62–7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at home. The first quarter of that game was scoreless. Eight days later, they were destroyed on Monday Night Football by the Dallas Cowboys, 40–3.


1973 New Orleans Saints season
They did however hold O. J. Simpson to 74 yard on 20 carries in the team's first ever shutout, with a 13–0 win over the Buffalo Bills. Simpson went on to break the single season rushing record in yardage that year with 2,003.


1973 New Orleans mayoral election
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1973 resulted in the reelection of Moon Landrieu to his second term as mayor of New Orleans. The primary round of voting was held on November 10; no runoff was required.


1973 New Orleans mayoral election
The 1973 elections were the last municipal elections in New Orleans held using the closed primary system. In 1975, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards signed a bill which changed all elections, except those for president, to an open primary system where all candidates regardless of party run on the same ballot. If one candidate does not receive an absolute majority (defined as 50 percent plus one vote), the top two finishers contest a runoff election.


1973 New South Wales state election
Elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 17 November 1973. The result was a win for the Liberal-Country Party coalition under Sir Robert Askin, which had been in office since 1965. As of 2019, this was the last time the Coalition won a fourth-term in New South Wales.


1973 New South Wales state election, Issues
The Legislative Assembly had been enlarged by three members to 99 adding the seats of Woronora, Penrith and Ku-ring-gai.


1973 New South Wales state election, Issues
The election was held just eleven months after the Liberal/Country coalition lost the federal election after 23 years in power. Askin called an early election to take advantage of the increasing economic issues which had been attributed to the Whitlam Labor government.


1973 New South Wales state election, Issues
Leader of the Legislative Council Neville Wran, who would become Premier at the next election moved from the unelected Legislative Council to the Legislative Assembly after the late retirement of Clarrie Earl in the seat of Bass Hill.


1973 New South Wales state election, Results
The Democratic Labor Party won its only lower house seat at the 1973 election following the Liberal Party's incumbent for the northern Sydney seat of Gordon — Harry Jago failed to nominate in time. Conservative voters were urged to vote for the DLP candidate, Kevin Harrold.


1973 New South Wales state election, Results
New South Wales state election, 17 November 1973 Legislative Assembly << 1971–1976 >>


1973 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1973 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1973 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1973.


1973 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1973 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1972 and the beginning of 1973, and were announced on 1 January 1973.


1973 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1973 New York City Marathon
The 1973 New York City Marathon was the 4th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 4 September.


1973 New York City bomb plot
The 1973 New York City bomb plot was a plan by the Palestinian militant group Black September to detonate three car bombs in New York City at the same time Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir arrived there in March 1973. The bombs failed to explode, but the main suspect, Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary, was not caught until January 1991. The attempted attack was the first such Black September operation within the United States.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Background
Black September was formed in 1970, after the Black September conflict between Palestinians and Jordanians erupted in Jordan that same year. In September 1972 it caught world attention with the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Israel soon responded with the Wrath of God campaign. In early March 1973, the group attacked the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, killing the U.S. Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission as well as the Belgian Chargé d'affaires.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Plot, Planning
On January 12, 1973, Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary, described in a federal warrant as a 27-year-old Iraqi linked to Black September but self-described as a Palestinian who grew up in Jordan, flew through Montreal to Boston, and then on to New York City. On January 17 the FBI, acting on a tip received in Tel Aviv, interviewed Al-Jawary about his activities. Al-Jawary claimed to be in flight training at Teterboro Airport, and would leave a month to become a commercial pilot in the Mideast. During his time in New York, Al-Jawary became friendly with a woman named Carol, and used trips to Manhattan with her son Todd in order to reconnoiter targets without arousing suspicion.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Plot, Car bombs
Just days after the Khartoum killings, around March 4, 1973, Al-Jawary took three rented cars rigged with explosives and placed them around various Israeli targets in the city; one at Fifth Avenue and 47th Street at the First Israel Bank and Trust company, another at Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street at an Israel Discount Bank, and a third at El-Al's cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Plot, Car bombs
The bombs consisted of gasoline, propane tanks, and Semtex, as well as batteries and blasting caps. The two cars on Fifth Avenue had alarm clocks for timing the detonators, whereas the one at JFK, two times as powerful, utilized an advanced electronic timer known as an "e-cell". In addition to the explosives, someone had placed Black September propaganda in the cars, concealed in Hebrew language newspapers.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Plot, Car bombs
According to a Federal agent at the time, the explosives were supposed to detonate at noon on March 4 with the arrival of Prime Minister Meir in the city. However, the bombs never detonated, a failure which the FBI ascribed at the time to "an error in the circuitry system."


1973 New York City bomb plot, Discovery
According to an Associated Press investigation released in 2009, the National Security Agency had intercepted an encrypted message sent from official Iraqi diplomatic communications in the United States to the Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad (and then the Palestine Liberation Organization), which revealed the plot and the bombs' locations. At 7:15 pm on March 6, officials from the FBI and New York Police Department started a search for the car bombs.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Discovery
All three cars were found: the two on Fifth Avenue had been towed and impounded at Pier 56 on March 5, and subsequently discovered on March 7 by their rental agency, while the car at the airport was found early in the morning on March 7 and disabled by NYPD bomb squad member Terence McTigue.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Discovery
According to the FBI, the detonation of one of the bombs by police caused a fireball 50 to 75 feet high and 25 feet wide, creating a potential fatality zone of 100 yards that could have killed hundreds. They soon issued a warrant for the arrest of the main suspect, Al-Jawary, but also stated publicly at the time, "It would have been a pretty tough job for one man."


1973 New York City bomb plot, Aftermath
In the immediate aftermath of the failed attack the FBI launched a massive investigation for the case, codenamed Tribomb. Three hundred FBI agents took part, recovering 60 fingerprints identified as those of Al-Jawary and  conducting hundreds of interviews. Despite immediately issuing a warrant for the arrest of Al-Jawary, he managed to escape the country, but in 1991, while flying from Iraq to Tunis for the funeral of Abu Iyad, he was detained in Rome for use of a false Jordanian passport.


1973 New York City bomb plot, Aftermath
A few months later Italian authorities handed over custody to the FBI, who flew Al-Jawary to stand trial in Brooklyn. In April 1993, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Al-Jawary was released on February 19, 2009 from the U.S. Federal prison system and handed over to U.S. immigration officials.


1973 New York City hostage incident
The 1973 New York City hostage incident was a 47 hour incident at John and Al's Sporting Goods after a botched robbery and murder of a New York City Police Department officer, lasting from January 19 to January 21, 1973. Eleven people were held hostage by four men in Bushwick, Brooklyn.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Incident
Police responded to an attempted robbery by four Sunni Muslims looking for guns, rifles, pistols and ammunition for "a holy crusade". There was a three-hour shootout.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Incident
The gunmen were Shulab Abdur Raheem, 24 years old; Dawd A. Rahman, 22; Yusef Abdallah Almussadig, 23, and Salih Ali Abdullah, 26.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Incident
In 1974, their court case went to the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn. The defense contended that the four men held up the store in January because they feared attacks by their rivals, the Black Muslims, because the day before the robbery, seven Sunni Muslims were killed in a house in Washington.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Incident
A jury found them guilty of 41 counts, including murder, kidnapping, and robbery.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Legacy
The hostage crisis was a turning point in the New York City Police Department's approach to hostage situations.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Legacy
Instead of brute force, the police used psychology, firearm discipline and patience to end the siege. These were techniques that were then codified in the department's hostage-negotiating training program.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Parole
In 1998, the New York State Board of Parole released Abdulah Almussudug. The public was not yet aware he had been released when he died in 2003.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Parole
The convicted killer, Shuaib A. Raheem, was released on parole from the Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch, N.Y., in 2010 after serving 35 years in prison. He was 60 years old at the time of his release.


1973 New York City hostage incident, Parole
In October 2020, Salih Abdullah died of a stroke he suffered at his 14th parole hearing. He was 71 years old and had served more than forty years in prison.


1973 New York City mayoral election
The New York City mayoral election of 1973 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1973, with the Democratic candidate, New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame winning the mayoralty with a decisive majority amongst a highly divided field.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Beame, a Democrat, also ran on the Civil Service ballot line.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Beame received a decisive 56.49% of the vote citywide. Beame also swept all five boroughs, breaking 60% of the vote in Brooklyn, winning majorities in Queens and the Bronx, and winning with pluralities in Manhattan and Staten Island.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Beame's distant but closest competitor was the Republican nominee, state senator John Marchi, who received 16.07% of the vote.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Finishing in third was the Liberal Party nominee, Assemblyman Albert H. Blumenthal, who received 15.40%.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Finishing in a distant fourth was the Conservative Party nominee, Congressman Mario Biaggi, who received 10.96%.


1973 New York City mayoral election
Beame defeated his nearest competitor by a landslide 40.42% Democratic margin of victory and was sworn into office in January 1974, replacing outgoing Liberal Party Mayor John Lindsay.


1973 New York City mayoral election, Results
note: All the candidates except Marchi had run in the Democratic primary. Candidates votes on their second ballot lines included above were: Beame-Civil Service & Fusion -67,277; Marchi-Integrity - 14,271; Blumenthal - Good Government - 29, 335; Biaggi - Safe City - 8,010. Other vote includes 8,818 Fran Youngstein - Free Libertarian Party; 3,601 Rasheed Storey - Communist; 2,282 Norman Oliver - Socialist Workers; 2,000 Anton Chaiken -Labor; 1,762 John Emanuel - Socialist Labor


1973 New York Cosmos season
The 1973 New York Cosmos season was the third season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' third year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Eastern Division and 3rd in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were defeated in their semifinal match by the Dallas Tornado.


1973 New York Cosmos season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1973 New York Cosmos season, Results, Regular season
Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).


1973 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 39th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 27 January 1974, honored the best filmmaking of 1973.


1973 New York Giants season
The 1973 New York Giants season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on their 8–6 record from 1972. However, the Giants suffered one of the worst seasons in franchise history, winning only two games, while losing eleven, and tying one.


1973 New York Giants season
The two wins were against the Houston Oilers and the St. Louis Cardinals while the tie was against archrival Philadelphia in week two. That was the last Giants game at Yankee Stadium, which underwent a multi-year renovation, requiring a temporary move to the Yale Bowl in Connecticut. Palmer Stadium at Princeton University in New Jersey had also been considered.


1973 New York Giants season
The Giants' two wins in 1973 equaled the second fewest the team had ever posted and it was their worst record since 1966 (1–12–1). Traded after the 1971 season, former quarterback Fran Tarkenton led the Minnesota Vikings (12–2) to theNFC title; they defeated the Giants 31–7 in the Yale Bowl in the regular season finale.


1973 New York Giants season
Fifth-year head coach Alex Webster, a longtime Giant running back, was fired after the season, replaced in mid-January by Bill Arnsparger, the defensive coordinator of the two-time Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins.


1973 New York Giants season
The Giants were at the Yale Bowl again in 1974, moved to Shea Stadium in 1975 (co-tenant with the Jets, Mets, and Yankees), and to Giants Stadium in New Jersey in 1976.


1973 New York Giants season, Regular season
With Yankee Stadium undergoing refurbishment after the 1973 baseball season, the Giants played their final game there on September 23, against the Philadelphia Eagles, a 23–23 tie. The Giants played their final five home games that season at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. On November 18, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 27–13, their only victory ever recorded at Yale Bowl. They were winless in seven home games there in 1974, and moved to Shea Stadium for one season in 1975.


1973 New York Jets season
The 1973 New York Jets season was the fourteenth season for the team and the fourth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–7 record from 1972 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished with a record of 4–10 in the final season under head coach Weeb Ewbank, with their only wins coming against division rivals New England and Baltimore.


1973 New York Jets season
The memorandum of understanding signed by team original owner (as the New York Titans) Harry Wismer gave Shea Stadium’s co-tenants, the New York Mets’, exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season. The Jets were required to open 1973 with several road games. As the Mets had a long playoff run to the World Series, the Jets' first six games were on the road.


1973 New York Jets season
The 1973 season would be the last for legendary coach Weeb Ewbank.


1973 New York Mets season
The 1973 New York Mets season was the 12th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Manager Yogi Berra led the team to a National League East title with an 82–79 record and the National League pennant, though they were defeated by the Oakland Athletics in the World Series. Their .509 winning percentage is the lowest of any pennant-winner in major league history.


1973 New York Mets season
Having won only 82 games during the regular season, they, along with the 2005 San Diego Padres, qualified for the postseason with the fewest regular season wins since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in 1961, and the fewest of any team since 1885 (excluding the strike-shortened 1981 season and the 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic). The season was well known for pitcher Tug McGraw's catchphrase "Ya Gotta Believe!!!"


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, Initial turmoil
The 1973 Mets were much improved from their "miracle" 1969 team. They had a group of young proven stars—including Jon Matlack, Rusty Staub, John Milner, and Félix Millán—mixed in with veterans from the 1969 club, such as Jerry Grote, Cleon Jones, Wayne Garrett, and Bud Harrelson. Their pitching staff, led by Tom Seaver, was among the finest in baseball. But injuries hampered the Mets throughout the entire season.


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, Initial turmoil
The Mets got off to a 4–0 start to the season, and were still at first place by April 29 with a 12–8 record. But then, injuries to their key players caused turmoil. By July 26, the Mets were in last place, yet still only 7+1⁄2 games behind. On August 16, they were 12 games below .500, with 44 games to play.


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, Initial turmoil
On August 30, the Mets were in last place, with only a month left to play. However, the division was so tight-knit that the last place standing consisted of only a 6.5 game deficit. At the completion of August (one day later), the Mets were in fifth place, nine games under .500, but, in the balanced mediocrity of that year's Eastern Division, just 5+1⁄2 games out of first. The mathematical inequities of divisional play were beginning to show up. On September 11, the Mets were in fourth place, five games under .500, but just three games out. Ahead of them were the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Montreal Expos.


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, "You Gotta Believe!!!"
With Tug McGraw urging his teammates on and celebrating victories with what soon became the catch phrase of 1973, "You Gotta Believe!!!" the Mets kept zigging and zagging away from would-be tacklers, and taking an occasional side-swipe, headed for this most unlikely of pennants. Down the stretch, Yogi Berra, veteran of many a pennant race, ran four starters at the league: Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, and George Stone, with the suddenly unhittable McGraw coming out of the pen with boisterous - and justified - confidence. (For his last 19 games, the screwball-throwing lefty showed 12 saves, 5 wins, and an ERA of 0.88).


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, The unexpected clincher
After sweeping a three-game series from the Pirates at Shea on September 21, the Mets' record stood at an even 77–77, but that .500 record was good enough for first place and a half-game lead. Illustrating just how dense the crowd was at the top, fifth-place Chicago was just 2+1⁄2 out. The Mets won five of their last seven to finish as National League East Division Champions. The clinching took place at Wrigley Field on October 1 as the Mets beat the Cubs 6-4 as Tom Seaver won his 19th game of 1973 and Tug McGraw make the save. The Cardinals finished second, 1+1⁄2 games behind, Pittsburgh third at 2+1⁄2, Montreal fourth at 3+1⁄2, and Chicago fifth, 5 games out.


1973 New York Mets season, Regular season, Season highlights, The unexpected clincher
This was the only NL East title between 1970 and 1980 not to be won by either Philadelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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


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


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


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


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


1973 New York Yankees season
The 1973 New York Yankees season was the 71st season for the team in New York, and its 73rd season overall. The Yankees finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 80–82 under manager Ralph Houk, 17 games behind the division champion Baltimore Orioles. This was the last time that the Yankees finished the season below .500 until 1982. This was their last year in the "old" Yankee Stadium (on the south side of 161st Street), which was targeted for major reconstruction in 1974–1975. During this period, the Yankees shared a home field with a National League team for the third time in their history, moving into Shea Stadium for two years.


1973 New York Yankees season, George Steinbrenner
The Yankees had been struggling during their years under CBS ownership, which had acquired the team in 1965. In 1972, CBS Chairman William S. Paley told team president E. Michael Burke the media company intended to sell the club. As Burke later told writer Roger Kahn, Paley offered to sell the franchise to Burke if he could find financial backing. Burke ran across Steinbrenner's name and veteran baseball executive Gabe Paul, a Cleveland-area acquaintance of Steinbrenner, helped bring the two men together.


1973 New York Yankees season, George Steinbrenner
On January 3, 1973, a group of investors led by George Steinbrenner and minority partner Burke bought the Yankees from CBS for $10 million.


1973 New York Yankees season, George Steinbrenner
The announced intention was that Burke would continue to run the team as club president. But Burke later became angry when he found out that Paul had been brought in as a senior Yankee executive, crowding his authority, and quit the team presidency on April 29, 1973. (Burke remained a minority owner of the club into the following decade.) He handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.


1973 New York Yankees season, George Steinbrenner
It would be the first of many high-profile departures by employees who crossed paths with "The Boss." At the conclusion of the 1973 season, two more prominent names departed: manager Ralph Houk, who resigned and then signed to manage the Detroit Tigers; and general manager Lee MacPhail, who became president of the American League.


1973 New York Yankees season, Regular season
After the last game of the 1973 season on September 30th, fans ripped out parts of the stadium, including the seats, to take as souvenirs. The stadium would be remodeled, and reopen in 1976. On July 1st the Yankees were 45-33 and leading the American League East by four games, but were only 35-49 rest of the way.


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


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


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


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


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


1973 New York state election
The 1973 New York state election was held on November 6, 1973, to elect the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Besides, a $3,500,000,000 transit-bond issue was proposed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, and rejected by the voters with 1,593,531 votes For and 2,210,907 votes Against it.


1973 New York state election, Background
Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.


1973 New York state election, Background
For the first time since the election of Frank H. Hiscock over Almet F. Jenks in 1916, the election for Chief judge was contested. For almost 60 years, all Chief Judges had been cross-endorsed by the two major parties.


1973 New York state election, Nominations, Democratic primary
The Democratic State Committee met on March 12. No candidate received a majority, and the three contenders who polled more than 25% of the vote, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Appellate Justice Francis T. Murphy and Supreme Court Justice Irwin R. Brownstein, were designated to run in a primary election for Chief Judge. Trial lawyer Lawrence D. Fuchsberg filed a petition to challenge the designees. The primary was held on June 5. The result was so narrow that the winner was known only after the release of the official result on June 21, Fuchsberg winning by a plurality of 755 votes.


1973 New York state election, Nominations, Other parties
The Republicans met on March 7, and nominated Charles D. Breitel.


1973 New York state election, Nominations, Other parties
The Liberals met on March 10, and endorsed the Republican nominee Charles D. Breitel.


1973 New York state election, Nominations, Other parties
The Conservatives nominated Supreme Court Justice James J. Leff, a registered Democrat, for Chief Judge.


1973 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1973 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 6 January 1973. The race had 20 starters.


1973 New Zealand Grand Prix
It was the 19th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1973 Tasman Series. Australian John McCormack won his first NZGP in his Elfin MR5 who finished ahead of Britons Allan Rollinson and Steve Thompson. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graham McRae in the McRae GM1 who came in 4th place.


1973 New Zealand Grand Prix
After the fatal accident of Bryan Faloon the previous year, two chicanes were added to circuit in a bid to slow the cars down. One was placed down the back straight and the other was just before the main straight. These chicanes were very artificial, with them being made up of concrete kerbing, railway sleepers and tractor tyres.


1973 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1973 New Zealand National Soccer League was the fourth season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football.


1973 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
Auckland City finished last in the 1972 league, but did not enter the play-off series for a place in the 1973 league. Neither did any team from the Southern regional competition. As such, the play-offs became a simple home and away series between the winners of the northern and central regional leagues, Hamilton and Wellington Diamond United. When both ties finished in 1–1 draws, a replay on neutral venue was played to decide the tie. This took place at Wembley park in Wanganui, and saw WDU victorious by two goals to one.


1973 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Christchurch United became the first team from outside Auckland to win the title, which they did through their impressive home performance (eight wins, one draw, no losses), and amassing a league record number of points. The gap between them and second was a then-record eight points. Much of the season's excitement came immediately below Christchurch, with five teams being separated by a single point. Mount Wellington managed to just head off Auckland neighbours Blockhouse Bay on goal average. Gisborne City finally broke into the top four at the expense of Eastern Suburbs. Also on 20 points was newly promoted Wellington Diamond United, who produced the first real competitive showing in the league from a team from the capital.


1973 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The long rivalry between Christchurch United and Mount Wellington was to the fore this season, but the loss of several Mount players to World Cup qualification matches hit hard, and they bwere unable to produce a performance to match the South Islanders. Blockhouse Bay's season was marred by a mid-season slimp, but they recovered well enough to finish in the top three. Gisborne left it to the last moment to record a fourth-place finish, via a controversial penalty in the dying moments of its last match of the season against Wellington City. The highlight of Gisborne's season was its away form, with only one loss on the road. Eastern Suburbs started the season very poorly and were in danger of relegation at the halfway mark with just six points. Their season was also marred off the pitch by financial problems.


1973 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The bottom four teams were all strugglers from the previous season, but this time there was no Auckland City to keep them all off the bottom. Stop Out started the season and finished the season with a run of three wins at both ends of the season, but the twelve remaining matches produced only one win and three draws. Wellington City also had its moments near the top of the table, trailing Christchurch by just two points as the season neared the home straight. It then completed its campaign with a disastrous run of seven straight losses. Again New Brighton narrowly survived, but this year it would be Caversham who would go down; they had a far worse season than fellow South Islanders Christchurch United, netting a record low of just six goals in 18 matches and failing to pick up a single away point.


1973 New Zealand Open
The 1973 New Zealand Open, also known as Benson and Hedges Open for sponsorship reasons, was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. It was an independent event, i.e. not part of the 1973 Grand Prix or 1973 World Championship Tennis circuit. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and was held from 8 to 14 January 1973. Onny Parun and Evonne Goolagong won the singles titles.


1973 New Zealand Open, Finals, Men's Singles
Onny Parun defeated  Patrick Proisy 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6


1973 New Zealand Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Evonne Goolagong /  Janet Young defeated  Pat Coleman /  Marilyn Tesch 6–1, 6–3


1973 New Zealand Open, Finals, Mixed Doubles
Evonne Goolagong /  Ross Case defeated  Janet Young /  Dick Crealy 6–1, 6–3


1973 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1973 New Zealand rugby league season was the 66th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand did not play any Tests after France cancelled their planned tour of New Zealand.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Te Atatu Roosters played the first ever Australian Aboriginal side in February 1973, losing 13-17. The Aboriginal side then lost 37-6 to a Canterbury XIII.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Auckland sent an under-23's side on a three match tour of New South Wales. They lost to Cronulla-Sutherland 20-8 before beating the Australian Aboriginal team 23-5 in an electrical storm at Redfern Oval and then losing 14-11 to the Australian Capital Territory. The team included Dane O'Hara, John Smith, John Wright and Stan Martin.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Ponsonby defeated the New South Wales Rugby League's Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 27-21 in front of 15,000 at Carlaw Park on 30 September.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
John Hibbs won the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year award.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
West Coast again held the Rugby League Cup at the end of the season.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-zone competition
Southern Zone defeated Northern Zone 16-12. Southern Zone included Mocky Brereton, Eddie Kerrigan, Bruce Dickison, John Greengrass and Rodney Walker.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland won the Rothmans trophy, defeating Wellington 29-13 in the final. They had earlier defeated Northland 33-2 and Wellington 34-14 before losing to the West Coast 14-25.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland were selected by Ray Cranch, Travers Hardwick and selector-coach Neville Denton and included Bob Jarvis, Tom Conroy, Dave Sorensen, Kevin Barry, Wayne Robertson, Lyndsay Proctor, captain Dennis Williams, vice-captain Murray Eade, Brian Tracey, Doug Gailey, Peter Gurnick, John O'Sullivan, Don Mann and Warren Collicoat. John Hibbs played for the West Coast.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Ponsonby won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, Rukutai Shield and Stormont Shield. They defeated Otahuhu 15-5 in the Fox Memorial grand final. Mt Wellington won the Roope Rooster, Otahuhu won the Kiwi Shield, Te Atatu won the Sharman Cup and North Shore won the Norton Cup.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Tom Conroy (Ponsonby) won the Lipscombe Cup, Don Mann (Ponsonby) won the Rothville Trophy, Lyndsay Proctor (Ellerslie) and Dave Sorenson (Mt Wellington) won the Bert Humphries Memorial, Ashley McEwen (Mt Albert) won the Tetley Trophy, Ernie Wiggs (Mt Albert) won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy and Roger Bailey (Ponsonby) won the Hyland Memorial Cup.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Warren Collicoat played for Mount Albert and Ponsonby were coached by Bill Telford and included John O'Sullivan, Brian Tracey and Wayne Robertson. Morrie Robertson coached Ellerslie.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Papanui won the Canterbury Rugby League's Pat Smith Challenge Trophy, defeating Marist Western Suburbs 22-17 in the Grand Final. Linwood won the Massetti Cup	while Addington	won the Gore Cup.


1973 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Wayne Beri (Marist-Western) won the D.V. Syme Rosebowl as Sportsman of the year while Phil Brown (Marist-Western) and Bruce Dickison (Eastern) shared the A.G.Bailey Challenge Cup and Cliff Leney (Linwood) won the Turner and Le Brun Cup. Rodney Walker played for Papanui.


1973 Newcastle City Council election
The first elections to the newly created Newcastle City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 78 seat council - three seats for each of the 26 wards - up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.


1973 Newcastle City Council election
The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council. Voter turnout was 32.0%.


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


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


1973 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist


1973 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist


1973 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs


1973 Newry and Mourne District Council election, Districts results, Area E
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Republican


1973 Newtownabbey District Council election
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.


1973 Newtownabbey District Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist


1973 Newtownabbey District Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP


1973 Newtownabbey District Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP


1973 Nicholls State Colonels football team
The 1973 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. The Colonels were led by second-year head coach Gary Kinchen. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 2–7 in Gulf South play.


1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 24th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).


1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Pacific League Playoff
The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.


1973 North American Soccer League season
Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1973. This was the 6th season of the NASL.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Overview
Nine teams took part in the league with the Philadelphia Atoms winning the championship.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Overview
During the season, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz from Vera Cruz, Mexico, played each of the nine NASL clubs in exhibition games that counted in the league's final standings. The 1973 season would be the last season in which games from non-league clubs counted in league standings.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Overview
In a unique twist, the team with home field for the NASL Championship Game determined the date and time the game was to be played. When the Dallas Tornado won their semi-final, setting up the final with Philadelphia, they chose August 25 as the date of the game. They did this because the NASL loan agreements with players from the English First Division (the precursor to today's Premier League) expired before that date.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Overview
Because of this, Philadelphia's two leading scorers, Andy "The Flea" Provan and Jim Fryatt, were on their way back to England when the championship match was played on the 25th. Despite this, Philadelphia coach, Al Miller, put Bill Straub, a defender who had not played a minute for the club prior to the championship game, into the lineup at forward. The move paid off as Straub headed home the second goal in a 2–0 win with under five minutes remaining in the final.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, PTS= Total Points


1973 North American Soccer League season, Regular season
POINT SYSTEM 6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 bonus point for each goal scored up to three per game.


1973 North American Soccer League season, Playoffs
All playoff games in all rounds including the NASL Final were single game elimination match ups.


1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.


1973 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1973 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Ev Kjelbertson, the team compiled a 8–2 record.


1973 North Down Borough Council election
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.


1973 North Down Borough Council election
The elections were the first following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, brought about by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 & Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, which replaced the previous FPTP ward system with a new system of proportional representation using multi-member district electoral areas.


1973 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance


1973 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area C
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist


1973 North Down Borough Council election, Districts results, Area D
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist


1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression One (01A)
This system formed in the Arabian Sea on May 27 and struck the Arabian peninsula on May 28, becoming the tenth system to affect the region since 1891.


1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Twelve (12B)
This system formed on 3 November and intensified up to Severe Cyclonic Storm and to a high-end tropical storm by 8 November. On 9 November, the storm made landfall at Paradip in Odisha and dissipated rapidly within six hours after the landfall as the storm interacted with a trough. Paradip and Chandbali reported gust winds up to 110 kmph. This cyclone caused considerable agricultural damages to crops there but deaths are unknown.


1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fourteen (14B)
This system formed as a tropical depression in the southern Bay on December 5, strengthening into a tropical storm as it turned north-northwest on December 5, then to near-hurricane strength on December 6. The cyclone recurved, striking Indian near Calcutta on December 9, though its main impacts were across Bangladesh.


1973 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team
The 1973 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In their second year under head coach Ollie Keller, the team compiled a 3–5–2 record.


1973 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1973 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. They were led by head coach Jerry Ippoliti, his third year with the team, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.


1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, elected by proportional representation. The proposals for a Northern Ireland Assembly contained in the White Paper were put into effect through the  Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 in May 1973.


1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election
A cross-community coalition of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) under Brian Faulkner, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland was agreed in November, and following the Sunningdale Agreement, a Power Sharing Executive was established from 1 January 1974. After opposition from within the UUP and the Ulster Workers Council Strike, the executive and assembly collapsed in May 1974.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll
The Northern Ireland border poll was a referendum held in Northern Ireland on 8 March 1973 on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a united Ireland. It was the first time that a major referendum had been held in any region of the United Kingdom. The referendum was boycotted by nationalists and resulted in a conclusive victory for remaining in the UK. On a voter turnout of 58.7 percent, 98.9 percent voted to remain in the UK.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Party support
The Unionist parties supported the 'UK' option, as did the Northern Ireland Labour Party and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. However, the Alliance Party was also critical of the poll. While it supported the holding of periodic plebiscites on the constitutional link with Great Britain, the party felt that to avoid the border poll becoming a "sectarian head count", it should ask other relevant questions such as whether the people supported the UK's White Paper on Northern Ireland.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Party support
Nevertheless, on 5 February 1973, the party's Chairman, Jim Hendron, stated that "Support for the position of Northern Ireland as an integral part of the United Kingdom is a fundamental principle of the Alliance Party, not only for economic reasons but also because we firmly believe that a peaceful solution to our present tragic problems is only possible within a United Kingdom context. Either a Sinn Féin all-Ireland republic or a Vanguard-style Ulster republic would lead to disaster for all our people."


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Party support
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), however, called for a boycott of the referendum, urging its members on 23 January 1973 "to ignore completely the referendum and reject this extremely irresponsible decision by the British Government". Gerry Fitt, leader of the SDLP, said he had organised a boycott to stop an escalation in violence.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Violence
The civil authorities were prepared for violence on polling day. They had put in place mobile polling stations which could be rushed into use if there was bomb damage to scheduled poll buildings. Two days before the referendum a British soldier, Guardsman Anton Brown of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards was shot dead in Belfast as the army searched for weapons and explosives which could be used to disrupt the upcoming referendum.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Violence
In response to the referendum, the Provisional Irish Republican Army planted four car bombs in London that day, two of which went off, causing one death and injuring 200.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Result
The vote resulted in an overwhelming majority of those who voted stating they wished to remain in the UK. The nationalist boycott contributed to a turnout of only 58.7% of the electorate. In addition to taking a majority of votes cast, the UK option received the support of 57.5% of the total electorate. According to the BBC, less than 1% of the Catholic population turned out to vote.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Reactions
The Government of the United Kingdom took no action on receipt of the referendum result, as the result was in favour of the status quo (Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK). It was followed by an Assembly election on 28 June 1973.


1973 Northern Ireland border poll, Reactions
Brian Faulkner, who had been the last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, claimed the result left "no doubt in any one's mind what the wishes of Ulster's people are. Despite an attempted boycott by some, almost 600,000 electors voted for the maintenance of the union with Great Britain". He also claimed that the poll showed that a "quarter of the [N.I.] Catholic population who voted ... voted for the maintenance of the union" and that the result was a "blow ... against IRA mythology".


1973 Northern Ireland local elections
Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six local government districts.


1973 Northern Ireland local elections
Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May 1973. Elections were by proportional representation, using the single transferable vote system. The district councils came into their powers on 1 October.


1973 Northumberland County Council election
Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 12 April 1973, resulting in a council with no party forming a majority.


1973 Northwestern Red Raiders football team
The 1973 Northwestern Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern College of Orange City, Iowa s a member of the Tri-State Conference during the 1973 NAIA Division II football season a. Led by Larry Korver in his seventh season as head coach, the team compiled a perfect record of 12–0, winning the Tri-State Conference title with a 5–0 mark and the NAIA Division II Football National Championship with a 10–3 victory Glenville State in the championship game.


1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1973 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 4–7 record (4–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.


1973 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,224 passing yards, Stan Key with 894 rushing yards, and Steve Craig with 479 receiving yards. Four Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors. They are: (1) tight end Steve Craig (AP-1, UPI-1); (2) linebacker Mike Varty (AP-1, UPI-2); (3) quarterback Mitch Anderson (AP-2, UPI-2); and (4) running back Stan Key (AP-2).


1973 Norwegian Football Cup
Strømsgodset won the Norwegian Cup by beating Rosenborg 1–0 on 21 October. The goal scorer for Strømsgodset was Steinar Pettersen who scored a penalty in the 78th minute. Rosenborg's Odd Iversen was sent off in the 90th minute. 23 209 spectators watched the game at Ullevål stadion in Oslo. The referee was Svein-Inge Thime. This was the third time Strømsgodset won the Norwegian Cup.