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1973 was, on Earth's calendar, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the fourth year of the 1970s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1973.0 [1] or reference stardate -1/73.[2]
Events
- Nearly half a dozen of the top Soviet biochemists and geneticists, including Pavlinko, Lozinak, and Malinowycz, go missing.[3]
- Roberta Lincoln and Gary Seven visit the islands of the Firth of Clyde.[4]
- Steve Winn takes control of Las Vegas's Golden Nugget casino on Earth.[5][6]
- The Sydney Opera House is completed.[7]
- At United States Military Forces Headquarters, Colonel Robert Argon composes a letter to Franz Joseph, explaining that a large amount of stored data in the Omaha Military Forces Base was found to be a hoax download of a future technical document, complete with illustrations and other official-looking printout data.[8]
- The United States of America places the first space station in orbit, Skylab, its purpose to further the research the effects of weightlessness.[5][8]
- The Chilean government is overthrown in a military coup d'état, and many government supporters are imprisoned at Estadio Chile, a soccer arena in the capital city, Santiago.[5][9]
- Sarina Kaur gets pregnant.[3]
- The Mariner 10 space probe is launched.[5][8]
- The Pioneer 10 probe becomes the first to reach Jupiter.[5][8]
- The Warner Brothers film The Exorcist is released.[5][10][11]
People
Births and deaths
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- Lyndon B. Johnson dies.[5]
- Pablo Picasso dies.[5]
- Betty Grable dies.[5]
- Veronica Lake dies.[5]
- Victor Jara dies.[5][9]
- J.R.R. Tolkien dies.[5]
- Laurence Harvey dies.[5]
Appendices
References and Notes
- ↑ TOS movie: Star Trek.
- ↑ Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1.
- ↑ TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Historical fact.
- ↑ DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Second Star to the Right...".
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: A Cadet's Guide to Sector 001 Earth
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 ST novel: A Singular Destiny
- ↑ ST website: StarTrek.com.
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia
Releases
- The omnibus Star Trek Annual 1974 is released.
January
- TOS comic: "The Youth Trap" is released in French.
- TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in Portuguese.
- The fourth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is released in Spanish.
- The fifth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- The sixth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- The seventh installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
February
- TOS comic #17: "The Cosmic Cavemen" by Len Wein.
- TOS comic: "The Legacy of Lazarus" is released in French.
- The eighth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Ghost Planet" is released in Spanish.
- The ninth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- The tenth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
- The first installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
March
Sektrak of Thark.
- The second installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The third installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The fourth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The fifth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The sixth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- TOS comic: "When Planets Collide" is released in Spanish.
April
- TOS comic: "Sceptre of the Sun" is released in French and Italian.
- The seventh installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The eighth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The ninth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The tenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
May
- TOS reference: The Trouble with Tribbles, by David Gerrold is released.
- Gold Key TOS comic #18: The Hijacked Planet is released.
- ST reference: The World of Star Trek, by David Gerrold is released.
- TOS comic: "The Brain Shockers" is released in French and Italian.
- The eleventh installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The twelfth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The thirteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The fourteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Voodoo Planet" is released in Spanish.
June
"Shell Game".
- TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is released in French.
- The fifteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The sixteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The seventeenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
- The first installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The second installment of "Shell Game" is released.
July
- TOS comic #19: "The Haunted Asteroid" is released.
- The third installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The fourth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The fifth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The sixth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
August
- TOS novelization anthology: Star Trek 9 by James Blish.
- Explore the outer reaches with the Enterprise and her crew as they exchange bodies with an alien intelligence; engage in deadly war games; pursue a vaporous creature to a desolate planet; and probe a fearsome zone of darkness that threatens to destroy them all.
- The seventh installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Youth Trap" is released in Spanish.
- The eighth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The ninth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- The tenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
September
- TOS comic #20: A World Gone Mad is released.
- TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is released in Italian.
- The eleventh installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- "Beyond the Farthest Star" is the first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series to be aired.
- The twelfth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- "Yesteryear" is first aired.
- The thirteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Legacy of Lazarus" is released in Spanish.
- "One of Our Planets Is Missing" is first aired.
- The fourteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- "The Lorelei Signal" is first aired.
- The fifteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
October
- TOS comic: "Dark Traveler" is released in French and Italian.
- "More Tribbles, More Troubles" is first aired.
- The sixteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
- "The Survivor" is first aired.
- The first installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "The Infinite Vulcan" is first aired.
- The second installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" is first aired.
- The third installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
November
- TOS comic #21: "The Mummies of Heitius VII" is released.
- TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in Italian.
- "Once Upon a Planet" is first aired.
- The fourth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "Mudd's Passion" is first aired.
- The fifth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "The Terratin Incident" is first aired.
- The sixth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "The Time Trap" is first aired.
- The seventh installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
December
- TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in French.
- "The Ambergris Element" is first aired.
- The eighth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- The ninth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- "The Slaver Weapon" is first aired.
- The tenth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- The eleventh installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.
- The twelfth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released, completing the weekly run of the UK comic strips series.
Unknown month
- TOS comic: "The Planet of No Return" is released in German.
- TOS comic: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is released in German.
- TOS comic: "The Voodoo Planet" is serialized in German.
- TOS comic: "Sceptre of the Sun" is released in Spanish.
- TOS comic: "The Brain Shockers" is released in Spanish.
- TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is released in Spanish
- TOS comic: "Dark Traveler" is released in German and Spanish.
- TOS comic: "Museum at the End of Time" is released in French.
External links
- 1973 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1973 (production) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1973 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.