1973

Births

• June 15 — Neil Patrick Harris

Deaths

• January 8 — Dudley Foster
• January 15 — Coleman Francis
• January 28 — John Banner
• February 4 — Brydon Baker
• February 24 — Art Smith
• March 6 — Aleksandr Ptushko
• March 22 — Billy Dix
• March 31 — Kurt Rackelmann
• April 3 — John Call
• May 19 — Louis J. Haszillo
• June 7 — Charles Hannawalt
• June 7 — Lane Bradford
• June 9 — Carlo D'Angelo
• June 24 — Bud Westmore
• June 25 — Frank Hagney
• July 2 — George Macready
• July 3 — Wally Westmore
• July 6 — Patrick McVey
• July 12 — Lon Chaney Jr.
• August 4 — Sam Katzman
• August 10 — Douglas Kennedy
• August 11 — Peggie Castle
• August 11 — Ichiro Sugai
• August 18 — Frank Mills
• August 27 — Kenneth J. Warren
• September 18 — Nora Nicholson
• September 19 — Bobby Gilbert
• September 20 — Glenn Strange
• September 22 — Charles Previn
• October 21 — Andrei Abrikosov
• October 26 — James Bell
• November 30 — Charles R. Cane
• December 7 — Marty Moss

Movie Premieres

• February 26 — Stranded in Space
• March 17 — Godzilla vs. Megalon (Japan)

Events

• March 27 — At the 45th Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola wins the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for The Godfather.
• July 11 — Ann-Margret receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Blvd.
• October 20 — Marcy Lafferty and William Shatner get married.