1973 (production)


Events

January 
 1 January – Anthony Winn is born.
 6 January – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #67 with the fourth of ten installments.
 8 January – Donnell Turner is born.
 13 January – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #68 with the fifth of ten installments.
 14 January – Randall Koerv is born.
 20 January – 
 Aaron Harberts is born.
 The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #69 with the sixth of ten installments.
 23 January – Lanei Chapman is born.
 27 January –
 Miho Suzuki is born.
 The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #70 with the seventh of ten installments.

February 
 3 February – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #71 with the eighth of ten installments.
 10 February – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #72 with the ninth of ten installments.
 12 February – Tara Strong is born.
 15 February – Gold Key TOS comic #18: "The Hijacked Planet" is published.
 17 February – The Thirty-Fourth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #73 with the tenth of ten installments.
 24 February – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #74 with the first of seventeen installments.
 25 February – Anson Mount is born.

March 
 2 March – Paul Popowich and Tom Hand are born.
 3 March – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #75 with the second of seventeen installments.
 7 March – Jennifer Hammon is born.
 10 March – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #76 with the third of seventeen installments.
 17 March – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #77 with the fourth of seventeen installments.
 21 March – Vanessa Branch is born.
 24 March – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #78 with the fifth of seventeen installments.
 26 March – Bettina M. Kurkoski is born.
 30 March – Fraser Aitcheson is born.
 31 March – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #79 with the sixth of seventeen installments.

April 
 2 April – Chadwick Struck is born.
 3 April – Adam Scott is born.
 7 April – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #80 with the seventh of seventeen installments.
 8 April – Shay Brown is born.
 13 April – Julia Rose is born.
 14 April – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #81 with the eighth of seventeen installments.
 21 April – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #82 with the ninth of seventeen installments.
 24 April – Damon Lindelof is born.
 28 April – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #83 with the tenth of seventeen installments.
 Unknown day –  by David Gerrold is published by Ballantine Books.

May 
 3 May – Jennifer Tung is born.
 5 May – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #84 with the eleventh of seventeen installments.
 6 May – Andrei Sterling is born.
 12 May – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #85 with the twelfth of seventeen installments.
 13 May – Bridgett Riley is born.
 17 May – Gold Key TOS comic #19: "The Haunted Asteroid" is published.
 19 May – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #86 with the thirteenth of seventeen installments.
 26 May –
 Steve Race is born.
 The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #87 with the fourteenth of seventeen installments.
 27 May – Jack McBrayer is born.
 Unknown day – The World of Star Trek by David Gerrold is published by Ballantine Books.

June 
 2 June – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #88 with the fifteenth of seventeen installments.
 7 June – Bill Borzage dies.
 19 June –
 Chelah Horsdal is born.
 The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #89 with the sixteenth of seventeen installments.
 16 June – The Thirty-Fifth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #90 with the seventeenth of seventeen installments.
 23 June – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #91 with the first of sixteen installments.
 26 June – Eleanore Vogel dies.
 30 June – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #92 with the second of sixteen installments.

July 
 7 July – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #93 with the third of sixteen installments.
 8 July – Gene L. Coon dies.
 9 July – Enrique Murciano is born.
 13 July – Amy Miller is born.
 14 July – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #94 with the fourth of sixteen installments.
 19 July – Gold Key TOS comic #20: "A World Gone Mad" is published.
 20 July – Roberto Orci is born.
 21 July –
 Raven Dauda is born.
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #95 with the fifth of sixteen installments.
 26 July – Susse Budde is born.
 28 July – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #96 with the sixth of sixteen installments.

August 
 2 August – Petra Sprecher is born.
 4 August – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #97 with the seventh of sixteen installments.
 11 August – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #98 with the eighth of sixteen installments.
 18 August – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #99 with the ninth of sixteen installments.
 24 August – Grey Griffin is born.
 25 August – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #100 with the tenth of sixteen installments.
 26 August – The first draft of  is written by Joyce Perry.
 29 August – Michael Dunn dies.
 Star Trek 9 by James Blish is published by Bantam Books.

September 

 1 September – The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #101 with the eleventh of sixteen installments.
 7 September – Alex Kurtzman is born.
 8 September –
  premieres on NBC with .
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #102 with the twelfth of sixteen installments.
 15 September –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #103 with the thirteenth of sixteen installments.
  premieres in Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, with the episode "De eindeloze ruimte" (). The episode was broadcast on channel BRT 1, in the prime time slot 18:05-18:55. Unlike the French and German speaking parts of the country, the Flanders episodes were not dubbed, but subtitled and over the course of nearly one year, about half of the series was broadcast.
 20 September – Gold Key TOS comic #21: "The Mummies of Heitius VII" is published.
 22 September –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #104 with the fourteenth of sixteen installments.
 27 September – Alyma Dorsey is born.
 29 September –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #105 with the fifteenth of sixteen installments.
 The second Original Series episode "Noodsignalen" () is broadcast in Flanders on channel BRT 1, in the prime timeslot 17:55-18:45.
 30 September – After the false start in 1971,  premieres in The Netherlands with the episode "Waar geen mens ooit eerder was" (). The episode was broadcast by the public broadcast company NOS on the state owned channel Nederland 1, in the timeslot 15:35-16:25 (though the timeslot could shift up, and downwards by as much as 10 minutes later on in the series run) on Sunday on a weekly basis. As usual in The Netherlands, the episodes were not dubbed, but subtitled and over the course of nearly one year, about half of the series was broadcast. However, as with Flanders, the episode titles were translated into Dutch in their TV guides. Neither Dutch nor Flanders TV followed the American broadcast or production order, but broadcast episodes from all three seasons in a rather haphazard order. Unlike the 1971 false start, the NOS follows through with the series, broadcasting approximately half of the original 79 episodes in one continuous run. At the time state-owned both nation's channels did not use the commercial break format.
 Unknown day – Allyn Gibson is born.

October 
 6 October –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Sixth UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #106 with the sixteenth of sixteen installments.
 13 October –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc begins in Valiant & TV21 #107 with the first of twelve installments.
 19 October – Brian Avery is born.
 20 October –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #108 with the second of twelve installments.
 26 October –
 Aaron Haye is born.
 Seth MacFarlane is born.
 27 October –
 Marnie Martin is born.
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #109 with the third of twelve installments.

November 
 3 November –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #110 with the fourth of twelve installments.
 7 November – Walter Bacon dies.
 10 November –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #111 with the fifth of twelve installments.
 11 November – Luke Freeborn is born.
 15 November – Gold Key TOS comic #22: "Siege in Superspace" is published.
 16 November – Thom Williams is born.
 17 November –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #112 with the sixth of twelve installments.
 21 November – Macarena Bianchi is born.
 24 November –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #113 with the seventh of twelve installments.

December 
 1 December –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #114 with the eighth of twelve installments.
 2 December – Michael Boisvert is born.
 9 December – Stacey Abrams is born.
 14 December – Kevin Quattro is born.
 15 December –
  airs.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #115 with the ninth of twelve installments.
 18 December – The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #116 with the tenth of twelve installments.
 19 December – Blake Lindsley is born.
 22 December –
 Original airdate (in Los Angeles only) for , as it was preempted there due to George Takei's run for District Councilman and "equal time" issues.
 The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #117 with the eleventh of twelve installments.
 24 December – Joseph Andolino is born.
 25 December – Clint Schultz is born.
 27 December – Wilson Cruz is born.
 29 December – The Thirty-Seventh UK Story Arc concludes in Valiant & TV21 #118 with the twelfth of twelve installments. This is the final story arc of exclusive UK content, concluding a four year run in three different  magazines.
 30 December – Maureen Flannigan is born.

Unknown month 
 Eric Hance, Jamie Kelman, Jim McCann, and Sean Tourangeau are born.
 The 1973 TV21 Annual is published, featuring two Star Trek comic stories: "Planet of the Dead", and "What is This Thing Called Spock?".
 CIC Video is formed as the home video division of Cinema International Corporation.

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