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List of events
Events from the year 1973 in the United States . The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President
Lyndon B. Johnson , the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on
Roe v. Wade , the signing of the
Paris Peace Accords and end of the
United States participation in the Vietnam War , the end of the
post-World War II boom and the beginning of the
first of a series of recessions that continued over the next decade, and the
first oil crisis .
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
George Wallace (
Democratic )
Governor of Alaska :
William A. Egan (
Democratic )
Governor of Arizona :
Jack Richard Williams (
Republican )
Governor of Arkansas :
Dale Bumpers (
Democratic )
Governor of California :
Ronald Reagan (
Republican )
Governor of Colorado :
John Arthur Love (
Republican ) (until July 16),
John David Vanderhoof (
Republican ) (starting July 16)
Governor of Connecticut :
Thomas J. Meskill (
Republican )
Governor of Delaware :
Russell W. Peterson (
Republican ) (until January 16),
Sherman W. Tribbitt (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Florida :
Reubin Askew (
Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
Jimmy Carter (
Democratic )
Governor of Hawaii :
John A. Burns (
Democratic )
Governor of Idaho :
Cecil D. Andrus (
Democratic )
Governor of Illinois :
Richard B. Ogilvie (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Dan Walker (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Indiana :
Edgar Whitcomb (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Otis R. Bowen (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Iowa :
Robert D. Ray (
Republican )
Governor of Kansas :
Robert Docking (
Democratic )
Governor of Kentucky :
Wendell H. Ford (
Democratic )
Governor of Louisiana :
Edwin W. Edwards (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Kenneth M. Curtis (
Democratic )
Governor of Maryland :
Marvin Mandel (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Francis W. Sargent (
Republican )
Governor of Michigan :
William Milliken (
Republican )
Governor of Minnesota :
Wendell R. Anderson (
Democratic )
Governor of Mississippi :
Bill Waller (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Warren E. Hearnes (
Democratic ) (until January 8),
Kit Bond (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Montana :
Forrest H. Anderson (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
Thomas Lee Judge (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Nebraska :
J. James Exon (
Democratic )
Governor of Nevada :
Mike O'Callaghan (
Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire :
Walter R. Peterson Jr. (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Meldrim Thomson Jr. (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of New Jersey :
William T. Cahill (
Republican )
Governor of New Mexico :
Bruce King (
Democratic )
Governor of New York :
Nelson Rockefeller (
Republican ) (until December 18),
Malcolm Wilson (
Republican ) (starting December 18)
Governor of North Carolina :
Robert W. Scott (
Democratic ) (until January 5),
James Holshouser (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of North Dakota :
William L. Guy (
Democratic ) (until January 2),
Arthur A. Link (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Ohio :
John J. Gilligan (
Democratic )
Governor of Oklahoma :
David Hall (
Democratic )
Governor of Oregon :
Tom McCall (
Republican )
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Milton Shapp (
Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island :
Frank Licht (
Democratic ) (until January 2),
Philip W. Noel (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of South Carolina :
John C. West (
Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota :
Richard F. Kneip (
Democratic )
Governor of Tennessee :
Winfield Dunn (
Republican )
Governor of Texas :
Preston Smith (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Dolph Briscoe (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Utah :
Cal Rampton (
Democratic )
Governor of Vermont :
Deane C. Davis (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Thomas P. Salmon (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Virginia :
Linwood Holton (
Republican )
Governor of Washington :
Daniel J. Evans (
Republican )
Governor of West Virginia :
Arch A. Moore Jr. (
Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin :
Patrick J. Lucey (
Democratic )
Governor of Wyoming :
Stanley K. Hathaway (
Republican )
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
Jere Beasley (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska :
H. A. Boucher (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas :
Bob C. Riley (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Edwin Reinecke (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
John David Vanderhoof (
Republican ) (until July 16),
Ted L. Strickland (
Republican ) (starting July 16)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
T. Clark Hull (
Republican ) (until June 7),
Peter L. Cashman (
Republican ) (starting June 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
Eugene Bookhammer (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Florida :
Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia :
Lester Maddox (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii :
George Ariyoshi (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
Jack M. Murphy (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Paul Simon (
Democratic ) (until January 8),
Neil Hartigan (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Richard E. Folz (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Robert D. Orr (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : vacant (until month and day unknown),
Arthur A. Neu (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Reynolds Shultz (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Dave Owen (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
Julian Carroll (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
Jimmy Fitzmorris (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland :
Blair Lee III (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
Donald R. Dwight (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
James H. Brickley (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Rudy Perpich (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
William F. Winter (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
William S. Morris (
Democratic ) (until January 8),
William C. Phelps (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
Thomas Lee Judge (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Bill Christiansen (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Frank Marsh (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada :
Harry Reid (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico :
Roberto Mondragón (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Malcolm Wilson (
Republican ) (until December 18),
Warren M. Anderson (
Republican ) (starting December 18)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (
Democratic ) (until January 6),
Jim Hunt (
Democratic ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
Richard F. Larsen (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Wayne G. Sanstead (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
John William Brown (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
George Nigh (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Ernest P. Kline (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
J. Joseph Garrahy (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
Earle Morris Jr. (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
William Dougherty (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee :
John S. Wilder (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
Ben Barnes (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
William P. Hobby Jr. (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
John S. Burgess (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
Henry Howell (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
John Cherberg (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
Martin J. Schreiber (
Democratic )
Events
January
January 20:
Richard Nixon , the 37th
president of the United States , begins his second term
January 1 –
CBS sells the
New York Yankees baseball team for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by
George Steinbrenner ($3.2 million more than CBS paid for the Yankees).
January 7 –
Mark Essex kills four civilians and three police officers during a siege at the Downtown
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in
New Orleans . Ten hours after the siege began, Essex is killed by a volley of gunfire from police officers stationed inside a Marine helicopter.
January 14
January 15 –
Vietnam War : Citing progress in peace negotiations, President
Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in
North Vietnam .
January 20 – President Nixon and Vice President Agnew are sworn in for their second term.
January 22
January 23 – President Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in
Vietnam .
January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the
Paris Peace Accords . The
U.S. military draft is also abolished on this same day, as the Nixon administration announces on this day that there will be no draft calls in 1973, and that it will not request an extension of the U.S. government's draft authority, which goes on to expire on June 30 of this year.
January 30 –
G. Gordon Liddy is found guilty of
Watergate charges.
January 31 –
Pan American and
Trans World Airlines cancel their options to buy 13
Concorde airliners.
February
March
March 1 –
Charlotte's Web , the animated film based on the children's book of the same name, is released.
March 12 – Last episode of original Laugh-In airs on NBC. The show will continue with re-runs until May 14, 1973.
March 17 – Many of the few remaining United States soldiers begin to leave
Vietnam . One reunion of a former
POW with his family is immortalized in the
Pulitzer Prize -winning photograph
Burst of Joy .
March 23 –
Watergate scandal (United States): In a letter to
Judge John Sirica ,
Watergate burglar
James W. McCord Jr. admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to remain silent about the case. He names former
Attorney General John Mitchell as 'overall boss' of the operation.
March 26
March 27 – The
45th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by
Carol Burnett ,
Michael Caine ,
Charlton Heston and
Rock Hudson , is held at
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in
Los Angeles .
Francis Ford Coppola 's
The Godfather wins
Best Picture , also tied with
Bob Fosse 's adaptation of
Cabaret in receiving ten nominations. The latter film wins eight awards, including
Best Director for Fosse. The ceremony draws a television audience of 85 million viewers.
March 29 – The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam.
April
May
May 3:
Sears Tower is completed
May 14:
Skylab is launched
May 1 – Following President
Richard Nixon 's
visit to
mainland China , the United States establishes a liaison office in Beijing.
May 3 – The
Sears Tower in
Chicago is finished, becoming the world's tallest building (record held until 1998).
May 5
May 8 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and
American Indian Movement activists who were occupying the
Pine Ridge Reservation at
Wounded Knee, South Dakota , ends with the surrender of the militants.
May 10 – The
New York Knicks defeat the
Los Angeles Lakers , 102–93 in Game 5 of the
NBA Finals to win the
NBA title.
May 13 –
Bobby Riggs challenges and defeats
Margaret Court , the world's #1 women's player, in a nationally televised tennis match set in Ramona, CA northeast of San Diego. Riggs wins 6–2, 6-1 which leads to the huge
Battle of the Sexes match against
Billie Jean King later in the year on September 20.
May 14 –
Skylab , the
United States ' first
space station , is launched.
May 17 –
Watergate scandal : Televised hearings begin in the
United States Senate .
May 19 –
Secretariat wins the
Preakness Stakes by 2+ 1 ⁄2 lengths over the amazingly quick second placed Sham. A malfunction in the track's timing equipment prevented a confirmed new track record.
May 25 –
Skylab 2 (
Pete Conrad ,
Paul Weitz ,
Joseph Kerwin ) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched
Skylab space station.
May 30 –
Gordon Johncock wins the
Indianapolis 500 in the
Patrick Racing Special
Eagle -
Offenhauser , after only 133 laps, due to rain. (The race was begun
May 28 but was called due to rain, and the race was unable to be restarted
May 29 .)
June
July
August
August 8 –
Serial killer ,
rapist ,
kidnapper and
torturer
Dean Corll is shot to death by one of his teenage accomplices,
Elmer Wayne Henley , at Corll's home in
Pasadena, Texas . Henley turns himself in and confesses, uncovering the Houston mass murders, a series of murders in which 28 young boys had been abducted, tortured and murdered by Corll and his accomplices Henley and David Brooks (who is also arrested).
August 11
August 15 – The U.S. bombing of
Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
September
September 9 – Portuguese-American socialite, Joana Santos, is born. She would single-handedly see to the revitalization of Down Neck (Newark, NJ) and on the eve of her 50th birthday (late summer of 2023) the CTT Correios de Portugal issued a commemorative postal stamp in honor of her countless contributions for both Portugal and the United States.
September 11 – American singer
Art Garfunkel finally releases his solo debut album
Angel Clare , 17 years after starting his career.
September 20
September 22 –
Henry Kissinger ,
United States National Security Advisor , starts his term as
United States Secretary of State .
September 23 – In
American football , the
Oakland Raiders defeat the
Miami Dolphins 12–7, ending the Dolphins' unbeaten streak at 18. It is the Miami Dolphins' first loss since
January 16 ,
1972 in
Super Bowl VI .
September 28 –
ITT is bombed in
New York City by the
Weather Underground , protesting its involvement in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
September 30 –
Yankee Stadium , known as "The House That Ruth Built," closes for a two-year renovation at a cost of $160 million. The
New York Yankees play all of their home games at
Shea Stadium in
1974 and
1975 .
October
October 10:
Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President of the U.S.
October 1 – The
Ideal Toy Company debuts the
Evel Knievel stunt-cycle, which would go on to become one of the best-selling toys of Christmas 1973.
October 6 –
American Country Countdown , a
country music -oriented spin off of the nationally syndicated radio program
American Top 40 , debuts with host
Don Bowman . The countdown, featuring the top 40 country hits of the week according to the
Billboard magazine
Hot Country Singles chart, becomes a major success.
October 10
October 20 – The
Saturday Night Massacre : President
Richard Nixon orders Attorney General
Elliot Richardson to dismiss
Watergate Special Prosecutor
Archibald Cox . Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General
William Ruckelshaus . Solicitor General
Robert Bork , third in line at the
Department of Justice , then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's
impeachment .
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October 21 – The
Oakland A's repeat as champions of
Major League Baseball , defeating the
New York Mets 5–2 in game 7 of the
World Series .
October 27 – The
Canon City meteorite , a 1.4 kilogram chondrite type
meteorite , strikes Earth in
Fremont County, Colorado .
November
"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."
President
Richard Nixon , November 17, 1973
December
December 6:
Gerald Ford becomes the 40th U.S. vice president
Ongoing
January
Dan Harmon
Harmony Korine
Josie Davis
Jalen Rose
Portia de Rossi
January 1 –
Justin Armour , football player
January 2
January 3
January 4
January 5 –
Derek Cecil , actor
January 6 –
Alex Berenson , writer
January 9 –
Angela Bettis , actress, producer, and director
January 10
January 11 –
Michelle Belanger , author
January 12
Prashant Bhargava , filmmaker and designer (d. 2015)
Steve Blay , poker player, author, and founder of AdvancedPokerTraining.com
Brian Culbertson , contemporary jazz/R&B/funk musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer
January 14 –
Troy Brohawn , baseball player
January 15 –
Alexa Avilés , politician, community activist, and non-profit manager
January 16
January 18
January 19
January 21
January 23
January 25
January 26
January 28
January 29 –
Jason Schmidt , baseball player
January 30 –
Jalen Rose , basketball player
January 31 –
Portia de Rossi , Australian-born actress who is married to
Ellen DeGeneres
February
Oscar De La Hoya
Tara Strong
Jen Taylor
Andrea Savage
Justin Sane
Anson Mount
February 1
February 2
February 3 –
Brandon Bennett , football player
February 4
February 5 –
David Meunier , actor
February 6 –
David Barrett , blues musician
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 12
February 13
February 14 –
Steve McNair , football player (d.
2009 )
February 15
February 16
February 17
February 18 –
Chris Beard , basketball coach
February 19
February 20
February 21
Jacob M. Appel , author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic
Justin Sane , singer, guitarist, and frontman for
Anti-Flag
Tyrus , wrestler and television personality
February 22
February 23 –
Jason Boyd , baseball player
February 24 –
Chris Fehn , drummer
February 25
February 26
February 28
March
Jahana Hayes
Betsy Brandt
Ronna McDaniel
Alex Padilla
Jim Parsons
T. R. Knight
Larry Page
March 1
March 2 –
Graham Boettcher , art curator
March 3
March 4 –
Brian Barber , baseball player
March 5 –
Ryan Franklin , baseball player
March 6
March 7
March 8 –
Jahana Hayes , politician
March 9 –
Aaron Boone , baseball player
March 10
March 11 –
Ernest Allen , football player
March 12 –
Antonio Banks , football player
March 14 –
Betsy Brandt , actress
March 15 –
Janine Bowman , Olympic sport shooter
March 17 –
Patricia Rushton , creator and founder of PITA organization
March 18 –
Luci Christian , voice actress
March 19
March 20
March 21
March 22 –
Alex Padilla , politician
March 23
March 24 –
Jim Parsons , actor and producer
March 25 –
Jeff Beacher , producer, entrepreneur, and comedian
March 26
March 27
March 28 –
Umaga , wrestler (d.
2009 )
March 29
March 30
Brian Behlendorf , technologist, executive, and computer programmer
Bitch , musician, actress, composer, and performance artist
Robin Coleman , actress, bodybuilder, and strongwoman
DJ AM , musician and DJ (d. 2009)
March 31 –
Reese Andy , mixed martial artist
April
Rachel Maddow
Adam Scott
Pharrell Williams
Jennifer Esposito
Adrien Brody
Akon
Jorge Garcia
Steven Horsford
April 1
April 2 –
Roselyn Sánchez , Puerto Rican-born actress
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7 –
Amy Anzel , entrepreneur, actress, producer, and television presenter
April 8 –
Emma Caulfield , actress
April 11
April 12
April 13 –
Bokeem Woodbine , actor
April 14
April 16 –
Akon , rapper, singer/songwriter, and record producer
April 18
April 19
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 25
April 26 –
Geoff Blum , baseball player
April 27
April 28
April 29
May
Jason 'Weeman' Acuña
Tori Spelling
Sasha Alexander
Josh Homme
Demetri Martin
Minae Noji
May 1
May 2 –
Justin Burnett , composer
May 5 –
Nicholas Bloom , British-born university professor
May 6 –
Mike Borkowski , race car driver
May 7 –
John Atwell , racing driver
May 9
May 10
May 11 –
James Haven , actor
May 12
May 13 –
Warren Ballentine , motivational speaker, attorney, political activist, and radio talk show host
May 14 –
Shanice , singer
May 15
May 16
May 17
May 18 –
The Blue Meanie , wrestler
May 20
May 23 –
Jason Nash , dancer
May 24 –
Elisa Bridges , actress and model (d. 2002)
May 25
May 26 –
Christine Clayburg , meteorologist
May 27
May 29 –
Michael Balderrama , choreographer, dancer, and producer
May 30
June
Heidi Klum
Neil Patrick Harris
Chino Moreno
Josh Shapiro
Juliette Lewis
June 1
June 2 –
Kevin Feige , filmmaker and president of
Marvel Studios
June 3 –
Zak Baney , record producer, songwriter, screenwriter, filmmaker, and photographer
June 4
June 5 –
Lamon Brewster , boxer
June 8 –
James Baron , football player
June 9
June 10 –
Faith Evans , singer
June 11
June 13
June 14
Jimmy Button , motocross racer
Joel Souza , filmmaker
June 15
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 26
June 27 –
Jennifer Brundage , softball player
June 28
June 29
June 30 –
Robert Bales ,
United States Army staff-sergeant and suspect in the
Kandahar massacre
July
Patrick Wilson
Brian Austin Green
Tim Ryan
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Saïd Taghmaoui
Ali Landry
Omar Epps
July 1
July 2 –
Teodross Avery , jazz saxophonist
July 3
July 5 –
Joe , singer/songwriter and record producer
July 6
July 7
July 9
July 10 –
Annie Mumolo , actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
July 11
July 12
July 14 –
Alley Baggett , model and makeup artist
July 15 –
Brian Austin Green , actor
July 16
July 17
July 18 –
Brian Sidney Bembridge , scenic and lighting designer
July 19
July 20
July 21
July 22 –
Rufus Wainwright , American-born Canadian singer/songwriter and composer
July 23
July 24
July 25
July 27 –
Kenji Bunch , composer and violist
July 28 –
Scott Bloom , actor and filmmaker
July 29
July 30
July 31 –
Jason Archer , artist
August
Chris Murphy
Vera Farmiga
Scott Stapp
Howie D.
Kristen Wiig
Dave Chappelle
Mary Peltola
August 1
August 2
August 3
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 11
August 12
August 13 –
Molly Henneberg , news reporter
August 14 –
Jacob Brent , actor
August 15 –
Kris Mangum , football player
August 16
August 17
August 19 –
Ahmed Best , actor, comedian, and musician
August 20 –
Todd Helton , baseball player
August 21 –
Sergey Brin , Russian-born computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of
Google , and CEO of
Alphabet, Inc. (2015–2019)
August 22
August 23
August 24
August 25 –
Count Bass D , rapper
August 26 –
Mark Budzinski , baseball player and coach
August 28
August 29 –
Jason Spisak , actor, voice actor, and producer
August 30
August 31
September
Jason David Frank
Rose McGowan
Shannon Elizabeth
Paul Walker
Nas
James Marsden
September 1
September 2
September 3 –
Alexandra Kerry , actress, filmmaker, director, and producer
September 4 –
Jason David Frank , actor (d. 2022)
September 5
September 7
September 8 –
Troy Sanders , singer and bassist for
Mastodon and
Killer Be Killed
September 9
September 10 –
Chris Bortz , politician
September 11
September 12
September 13 –
Aaron Benward , singer/songwriter, actor, and producer
September 14
September 15
September 17 –
Keirsten Alley , tennis player
September 18
September 19 –
Amil , rapper
September 20
September 21
September 22 –
Bob Sapp , wrestler, actor, football player, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist
September 24
September 25
September 29 –
Joe Hulbig , ice hockey player
September 30
October
Efren Ramirez
Steve Burns
Mario Lopez
Alvin Bragg
Seth MacFarlane
Lori Trahan
Montel Vontavious Porter
October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5 –
Tom Brislin , keyboardist, singer/songwriter, producer, author, and member of
Kansas
October 7 –
Mark Ronchetti , meteorologist and political candidate
October 8
October 9
Jennifer Aspen , actress
Steve Burns , actor, voice actor, director, producer, television host, guitarist, musician, and singer
Charles Burton , wrestler
October 10
October 13 –
Matt Hughes , mixed martial artist
October 14
October 15
October 18
October 20 –
William Birdthistle , Irish-born university professor
October 21
October 23 –
Vivian Bang , South Korean-born actress
October 24
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28 –
Montel Vontavious Porter , wrestler
October 30 –
Dave Asprey , entrepreneur and author
October 31
November
Marisol Nichols
Johnny Damon
Nick Lachey
Stephanie Bice
Peter Facinelli
Nimród Antal
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4 –
Eric Bennett , Paralympic archer
November 5
November 6 –
Taje Allen , football player
November 7
November 8 –
David Muir , journalist and news anchor
November 9
November 11 –
Stephanie Bice , politician
November 12
November 13
November 14
November 16 –
Marcus Lemonis , Lebanese-born businessman, investor, and television personality
November 17
November 19
November 20 –
Sav Rocca , Australian-born football player
November 21 –
Luke Aikins , skydiver, BASE jumper, pilot, and aerial photographer
November 22 –
Jamie Belsito , politician
November 23
November 24
November 25 –
Eddie Steeples , actor
November 26 –
Peter Facinelli , actor
November 27
November 28
November 30 –
Nimród Antal , Hungarian-born director, screenwriter, and actor
December
Holly Marie Combs
Tyra Banks
Terrell Owens
Corey Taylor
Stephenie Meyer
Seth Meyers
December 1 –
Lombardo Boyar , comedian, actor, and voice artist
December 3
December 4 –
Tyra Banks , supermodel, actress, and talk show host
December 5 –
Rod Barry , pornographic actor
December 7
December 8 –
Corey Taylor , singer and frontman for
Slipknot and
Stone Sour
December 9
December 10
December 11 –
Mos Def , rapper and actor
December 12
December 13
December 14 –
Thuy Trang , Vietnamese-born actress (d. 2001)
December 15
December 16 –
Scott Storch , hip-hop producer
December 17 –
Brian Fitzpatrick , politician
December 18
December 20 –
Jenny Boucek , basketball player and coach
December 21
December 22 –
Octaviano Juarez-Corro , Mexican-born convicted murderer (d. 2023)
December 24
December 25
December 26
December 27
December 28 –
Seth Meyers , comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host
December 29
December 30 –
Jason Behr , actor
December 31 –
Shandon Anderson , basketball player
Full date unknown
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
John Badalamenti
Batting Stance Guy
Alan Bjerga
Cindy Lynn Brown
Pieta Brown
John M. Ackerman , American-born Mexican political activist, TV host, and academic
Nick Adams , writer and author
Titilayo Adedokun , singer and beauty queen
Jeremy Adelman , composer
Brad Adkins , artist and curator
Luis Gabriel Aguilera , American-born Mexican author, writer, musician, language teacher, and social justice activist
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer
Gema Alava , Spanish-born artist
Saleem Ali , American-born Australian scientist
Jessica Andersen , writer
Eric Chase Anderson , author, illustrator, and actor
Miya Ando , artist
Saman Arbabi , Iranian-born journalist
Mark Archer , producer, director, and writer
Ana Claudia Arias , Brazilian-born physicist
Vernice Armour ,
Marine Captain and naval aviator
Mohit Aron , Indian-born computer scientist
Kristen Ashburn , photojournalist
Maximilian Auffhammer , environmental economist
Pejman Azarmina , Iranian-born scholar, entrepreneur, musician, and thinkocrat
Stephen Babcock , lawyer
Vadim Backman , biomedical engineer
John Badalamenti , lawyer and judge
Khaldoun Baghdadi , Jordanian-born politician
Eric Baker , businessman and founder of
Viagogo
Cheryl E. Ball , academic and scholar
Todd Ballard , Christian musician and worship leader
Hayley Barker , painter
Kelly Barnhill , author
John Barros , businessman and politician
Batting Stance Guy , YouTuber
Éric Baudelaire , artist and filmmaker
Avantika Bawa , Indian-born artist, curator, and professor
Ross Beach , musician, songwriter, and record producer
Dan Beachy-Quick , poet, writer, and critic
Prakash Belkale , Indian-born mathematician
Brian Belott , artist and performer
Fadil Berisha , Albanian-born photographer
Mischa Berlinski , author
Laura Berman , Spanish-born artist and printmaker
Laura Bialis , American-born Israeli filmmaker
Sandra Biedron , physicist
Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod , politician
Alan Bjerga , author and journalist
Brian Blanchfield , poet and essayist
Adam Block , astrophotographer
Brett Ellen Block , novelist
Rob Bochnik , musician, audio engineer, and singer/songwriter
Kirsten Bomblies , biological researcher
J Boogie , DJ, music producer, radio host, music director and curator
Scott Boothby , hammer thrower
Dražen Bošnjak , Bosnian-born composer and sound designer
Chad Boudreau , basketball coach
Anne Boyer , poet and essayist
Alan Braverman , businessman, co-founder of
Xoom Corporation and
Eventbrite
Jesse Bravo , psychic and banker
Mat Brinkman , artist and electronic musician
David Bronner , corporate executive and activist
Sharon Brous , rabbi
Andrea Brown , opera soprano
Cindy Lynn Brown , Danish-born poet
Eleanor Brown , novelist, anthologist, editor, teacher, and speaker
Nadia Brown , poet, writer, and author
Pieta Brown , artist, musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer/songwriter
Tyrone Brown , convicted felon
Simone Browne , author and educator
Sharon R. Browning , geneticist
Nathan Bryan , biologist and researcher
Stefan G. Bucher , German-born writer, graphic designer, and illustrator
Judy Budnitz , writer
Jason Buhrmester , journalist and author
Jim Burke , illustrator
Mike Burns , filmmaker
Tim Burns , politician
Bisa Butler , fiber artist
Mitch Colvin , politician, mayor of
Fayetteville, North Carolina (2017–present)
Indo G , rapper
Deaths
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(November 2011 )
Lyndon B. Johnson
Wally Cox
Dickinson W. Richards
George Sisler
Merian C. Cooper
Alexander Vandegrift
Betty Grable
Veronica Lake
Bruce Lee
Jim Croce
Gene Krupa
Albert DeSalvo
Bobby Darin
January 11 –
Isabel Randolph , actress (born
1889 )
[10]
January 22 –
Lyndon B. Johnson , 36th
president of the United States from 1963 until 1969, 37th
vice president of the United States from 1961 until 1963 (born
1908 )
January 23 –
Kid Ory , musician (born
1886 )
[11]
January 24 –
J. Carrol Naish , actor (born
1896 )
January 26 –
Edward G. Robinson , actor (born
1893 )
January 28 –
John Banner , Austrian-born American actor (born
1910 )
January 30 –
Elizabeth Baker , economist and academic (born
1885 )
February 9 –
Max Yasgur , farmer (born
1919 )
February 15
February 17 –
Harold Saxton Burr , scientist (born
1889 )
February 18 –
Frank Costello , Italian-born American Mafia gangster and crime boss (born
1891 )
February 23 –
Dickinson W. Richards , physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born
1895 )
February 24 –
Alice Hollister , silent film actress (born
1886 )
[12]
February 28 –
Cecil Kellaway , South African actor (born
1890 )
March 6 –
Pearl S. Buck , writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (born
1892 )
[13]
March 8 –
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , rock musician (born
1945 )
March 12 –
Frankie Frisch , baseball player (
St. Louis Cardinals ) and a member of the
MLB Hall of Fame (born
1898 )
March 14
March 16 –
Carl Benton Reid , actor (born
1893 )
March 18 –
William Benton , U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1949 until 1953 (born
1900 )
March 21 –
Ray Williamson , California politician (b.
1895 )
[14]
March 23 –
Ken Maynard , actor (born
1895 )
[15]
March 26 –
George Sisler , baseball player (
St. Louis Browns ) and a member of the
MLB Hall of Fame (born
1893 )
April 12 –
Arthur Freed , film producer (b.
1894 )
April 20 –
Robert Armstrong , actor (born
1890 )
April 21 –
Merian C. Cooper , aviator, director and producer (b.
1893 )
April 25 –
Frank Jack Fletcher , admiral (b.
1885 )
April 26 –
Irene Ryan , actress (b.
1902 )
May 6 –
Myrna Fahey , actress (born
1933 )
May 8 –
Alexander Vandegrift , general (born
1887 )
May 10 –
Jack E. Leonard , comedian and actor (born
1910 )
May 18 –
Jeannette Rankin , first United States congresswoman (born
1880 )
May 21 –
Vaughn Monroe , singer (born
1911 )
June 1 –
Mary Kornman , actress (born
1915 )
June 3 –
Dory Funk , professional wrestler (born
1919 )
June 21 –
Frank Leahy , football player and coach (born
1908 )
June 23 –
Fay Holden , actress (born
1893 )
June 24 –
Mary Carr , actress (born
1874 )
June 26 –
Ernest Truex , actor (born
1889 )
July 1 –
Laurens Hammond , inventor (born
1895 )
July 2
July 6 –
Joe E. Brown , actor and comedian (born
1891 )
July 7 –
Veronica Lake , actress (born
1922 )
July 8 –
Gene L. Coon , screenwriter, producer, and novelist (born
1924 )
July 11 –
Robert Ryan , actor (born
1909 )
July 12 –
Lon Chaney Jr. , actor (born
1906 )
July 15 –
Clarence White , bluegrass and country guitarist and singer (born
1944 )
July 18 –
Richard Remer , athlete (born
1883 )
July 20
July 23 –
Eddie Rickenbacker ,
World War I flying ace and race car driver (born
1890 )
July 25 –
Edgar Stehli , French-born American actor (born
1884 )
August 4 –
Eddie Condon , jazz musician (born
1905 )
August 8 –
Dean Corll , serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and torturer (born
1939 )
August 16 –
Veda Ann Borg , actress (born
1915 )
August 17 –
Paul Williams , singer (
The Temptations ) (born
1939 )
August 30 –
Michael Dunn , a.k.a. Gary Neil Miller, dwarf actor and singer (born
1934 )
August 31 –
John Ford , film director and producer (born
1894 )
September 12 –
Marjorie Merriweather Post , businesswoman (born
1887 )
September 13 –
Betty Field , actress (born
1913 )
September 15 –
Robert B. McClure , general (born
1896 )
September 19 –
Gram Parsons , singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born
1946 )
September 20
September 28
October 2 –
Paul Hartman , dancer and actor (born
1904 )
October 6 –
Sidney Blackmer , actor (born
1895 )
October 7 –
Bonner Fellers , United States Army general (born
1896 )
October 9 –
Sister Rosetta Tharpe , gospel singer (born
1915 )
October 16 –
Gene Krupa , jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer (born
1909 )
October 18 –
Walt Kelly , animator and cartoonist (born
1913 )
November 10
November 13 –
Lila Lee , actress (born
1905 )
[18]
November 20 –
Allan Sherman , comedy writer, television producer, and song parodist (born
1924 )
November 23 –
Constance Talmadge , actress (born
1898 )
November 25 –
Albert DeSalvo , criminal, suspect in the
Boston Strangler case (born
1931 )
November 27 –
Frank Christian , jazz musician (born
1887 )
December 3 –
Emile Christian , musician (born
1895 )
December 4 –
Michael O'Shea , actor (born
1906 )
December 17 –
Charles Greeley Abbot , astrophysicist (born
1872 )
[19]
December 20 –
Bobby Darin , singer-songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (born
1936 )
December 26
See also
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"Chronology" . Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era .
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"Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago" . BBC News . April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
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"Birthplace of Hip Hop" .
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Colin Larkin , ed. (1992).
The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.).
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ISBN
0-85112-580-8 .
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"Raymond Williams" . joincalifornia.com .
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Colin Larkin , ed. (1993).
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"Robert Smithson, 35, A Sculptor, Is Dead" .
The New York Times . New York City. July 24, 1973.
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Morton Lyndholm Deyo 1 July 1887-10 November 1973
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"Lila Lee, 68, Dies; Silent Film Star" . The New York Times . November 14, 1973. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
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"Charles Greeley Abbot American astrophysicist" . January 30, 2024.
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