1973: The Year in People

What happened in 1973

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

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Died in 1973

• Bruce Lee1940–1973 · Martial artist and actor
• Alan Watts1915–1973 · British and American writer and lecturer
• Frank Costello1891–1973 · Italian-American mobster
• Betty Grable1916–1973 · American actress and pin-up girl
• Albert DeSalvo1931–1973 · American rapist and suspected serial killer
• Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)1939–1973 · American singer
• Eddie Rickenbacker1890–1973 · American World War I aviator
• Cecil Kellaway1890–1973 · South African actor
• Bull Connor1897–1973 · American government official and segregationist
• Allan Sherman1924–1973 · American musician and comedian
• Anna Magnani1908–1973 · Italian actress
• Amílcar Cabral1924–1973 · Bissau-Guinean politician