1973 in the United States

Events from the year 1973 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Richard Nixon ( R-California)
* Vice President:
** until October 10: Spiro Agnew ( R-Maryland)
** October 10–December 6: ''vacant''
** starting December 6: Gerald Ford ( R-Michigan)
* Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Carl Albert ( D-Oklahoma)
* Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield ( D-Montana)
* Congress: 92nd (until January 3), 93rd (starting January 3)

Events

January

* 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
**Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii is the first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than the Apollo Moon landings. However, it is not shown in Eastern Bloc countries because of communist censorship (with the sole exception of East Germany, where it is shown on Der schwarze Kanal). In the United States and Brazil, it does not air until April of this year.
**Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14–7 to complete the National Football League's first (and only, thus far) perfect season.
* 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
**''Roe v. Wade'': The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion.
**Former President Lyndon B. Johnson dies at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, leaving no former U.S. president living until the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
**George Foreman wins boxing's World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Joe Frazier by technical knockout in the second round at Kingston, Jamaica.
* 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

* February 11 – Vietnam War: The first American prisoners of war are released from Vietnam.
* February 12 – Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs (see Metric system in the United States).
* February 13 – The United States Dollar is devalued by 10%.
* February 21 – The 5.8 Point Mugu earthquake affected the south coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). Several people were injured and damage totaled $1 million.
* February 22 – Sino-American relations: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to mainland China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.
* February 27 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
* February 28 – The landmark postmodern novel ''Gravity's Rainbow'' by Thomas Pynchon is published.

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
** UCLA captures its seventh consecutive college basketball national championship and eighth in ten seasons under John Wooden, defeating Memphis State 87–66 in the finals of the NCAA tournament at St. Louis. UCLA center Bill Walton sets championship game records by connecting on 21 of 22 field goal attempts and scoring 44 points.
** TV soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' and game show ''The $10,000 Pyramid'' debuts on CBS.
* 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

* April 3 – The first handheld cellular phone call is made by Martin Cooper in New York City.
* April 4 – The World Trade Center officially opens in New York City with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
* April 6
**''Pioneer 11'' is launched on a mission to study the Solar System.
**Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball.
* April 17
**Federal Express officially begins operations, with the launch of 14 small aircraft from Memphis International Airport. On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, New York, to Miami, Florida.
**For the first time, the Army Corps of Engineers opens the Morganza Spillway near Baton Rouge to relieve record flooding along the lower Mississippi River.
* April 26 – The first day of trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
* April 28 – The last section of the IRT Third Avenue Line from 149th Street to Gun Hill Road in The Bronx is closed.
* April 30 – Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that Attorney General Richard Kleindienst has resigned along with staffers H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman.

May

* May 3 – The Sears Tower in Chicago is finished, becoming the world's tallest building (record held until 1998).
* May 5
** Secretariat wins the Kentucky Derby and sets a new time record for the event.
** Led Zeppelin plays before 56,800 people at Tampa Stadium on the band's 1973 North American Tour, thus breaking the August 15, 1965, record of 55,600 set by The Beatles at Shea Stadium 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 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

* June 4 – A United States patent for the Docutel automated teller machine is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
* June 9 – Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths becoming a Triple Crown winner and breaking a 25-year hiatus since 1948.
* June 16 – U.S. President Richard Nixon begins several talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
* June 17 – The submersible ''Johnson Sea Link'' becomes entangled on the wreckage of the off Key West, Florida. The submersible is brought to the surface the following day, but two of the four men aboard die of carbon dioxide poisoning.
* June 21 – The Supreme Court of the U.S. delivers its decision in the landmark case ''Miller v. California'', establishing the "Miller test" for determining obscenity.
* June 22 – W. Mark Felt ("Deep Throat") retires from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
* June 24 – UpStairs Lounge arson attack: A fire at a gay bar in New Orleans' French Quarter kills 32.
* June 25 – Watergate scandal: Former White House counsel John Dean begins his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.

July

* July 1 – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is founded.
* July 2 – The United States Congress passes the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), mandating Special Education federally.
* July 4 – MLB: The New York Mets fall games back in last place of the National League Eastern Division.
* July 5 – A catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona kills 11 firefighters. The explosion occurred after a fire broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank. This explosion has become a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
* July 12 – 1973 National Archives Fire: A major fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
* July 15 – Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitches his second no-hitter of the season against the Detroit Tigers. He previous no-hit the Kansas City Royals exactly two months prior.
* July 16 – Watergate Scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
* July 28
** ''Skylab 3'' (Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Alan Bean) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard ''Skylab''.
** The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, a massive rock festival featuring the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and The Band, attracts over 600,000 music fans.
* July 31 – A Delta Air Lines Flight 173 DC9-31 aircraft lands short of Boston's Logan Airport runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3,000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed, one of the passengers dying several months after the accident.

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
** DJ Kool Herc originates the hip hop music genre in New York City.
** The second film directed by George Lucas, American Graffiti is released.
* August 15 – The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.

September

* September 11 – American singer Art Garfunkel finally releases his solo debut album ''Angel Clare'', 17 years after starting his career.
* September 20
** '' The Battle of the Sexes'': Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. With an attendance of 30,492, this remains the largest live audience ever to see a tennis match in US history. The global audience that views on television in 36 countries is estimated at 90 million.
** Singer-songwriter Jim Croce dies following a gig at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, having boarded a small chartered plane that crashes on takeoff; all six people aboard are killed.
** Baseball legend Willie Mays announces his retirement.
* 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 and 1975.

October

* 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
** Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice President of the United States. In federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, he pleads no contest to charges of income tax evasion on $29,500 he received in 1967, while he was governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on 3 years' probation.
** The New York Mets win the National League pennant.
* October 20 – The Saturday Night Massacre: U.S. 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.
* October 21 – The Oakland Athletics, Oakland A's repeat as champions of Major League Baseball, defeating the New York Mets 5–2 in game 7 of the 1973 World Series, World Series.
* October 27 – The Meteorite fall, Canon City meteorite, a 1.4 kilogram chondrite type meteorite, strikes Earth in Fremont County, Colorado.

November

* November 1 – Watergate scandal: Acting Attorney General Robert Bork appoints Leon Jaworski as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
* November 3
**Pan Am Flight 160, a Boeing 707#Notable accidents, Boeing 707-321C, crashes at Logan International Airport, Boston, killing three.
**Mariner program: NASA launches ''Mariner 10'' toward Mercury (planet), Mercury (on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet).
* November 7 – The Congress of the United States overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
* November 8 – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions' 21st feature film, ''Robin Hood (1973 film), Robin Hood'', is released to critical praise and box office success, though critical reception has gradually waned over the years.
* November 11 – Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.
* November 16
**Skylab program: NASA launches ''Skylab 4'' (Gerald P. Carr, Gerald Carr, William Pogue, Edward Gibson) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an 84-day mission.
**U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
* November 20 – The animated Thanksgiving special ''A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'' premieres on CBS. It ends up winning an Emmy Awards, Emmy Award the following year.
* November 17 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I'm not a crook."
* November 21 – U.S. President Richard Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an -minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.
* November 27 – The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.

December

* December 3 – Pioneer program: ''Pioneer 10'' sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
* December 6 – The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.
* December 15
** Gay rights: The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its DSM-II.
** SeaWorld Orlando opens to the public.
* December 16 – O. J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills becomes the first running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a pro football season.
* December 26 – ''The Exorcist (film), The Exorcist'', the film adaptation of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (novel), 1971 bestselling novel, is released in 30 theaters nationwide. Long lines form as it becomes a huge success, helped by accounts of audiences fainting and vomiting.
* December 28 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

Ongoing

* Cold War (1947–1991)
* Space Race (1957–1975)
* Vietnam War, U.S. involvement (1964–1973)
* Détente (–1979)
* Watergate scandal (1972–1974)
* Capital punishment in the United States, Capital punishment suspended by ''Furman v. Georgia'' (1972–1976)
* 1973 oil crisis (1973–1974)
* 1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
* DOCUMERICA photography project (1972-1977)
* Mississippi flood of 1973, 1973 Mississippi river flood(1972-1973)
* Miller Lite, Lite Beer is introduced in the U.S. by the Miller Brewing Company.

Births

January

* January 3 – Dan Harmon, screenwriter and producer
* January 4 – Harmony Korine, director, producer, and screenwriter
* January 10
** Ajit Pai, politician and telecommunications director, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
** Glenn Robinson, basketball player
* January 12 – Brian Culbertson, contemporary jazz/R&B/funk musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer
* January 16 – Josie Davis, actress
* January 18
** Burnie Burns, filmmaker
** Ed Jasper, football player (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022)
** Joe Kehoskie, baseball executive
* January 19 – Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
* January 21 – Chris Kilmore, rock DJ for Incubus (band), Incubus
* 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

* February 4
** Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
** Brett Hestla, musician and record producer
* February 7 – Juwan Howard, basketball player
* February 12 – Tara Strong, actress and voice actress
* February 14 – Steve McNair, football player (d. 2009 in the United States, 2009)
* February 15 – Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer
* February 17 – Jen Taylor, voice actress
* February 19 – Eric Lange, actor
* February 20 – Andrea Savage, actress, comedian, and writer
* February 21 – Justin Sane, singer, guitarist, and frontman for Anti-Flag
* February 22 – Scott Phillips (musician), Scott Phillips, drummer for Creed (band), Creed and Alter Bridge
* February 24 – Chris Fehn, drummer
* February 26
** Marshall Faulk, football player
** Jenny Thompson, Olympic swimmer

March

* March 1
** Anton Gunn, politician
** Deltalina, Kathrine Lee-Hinton, flight attendant
** Chris Webber, basketball player
* March 5 – Ryan Franklin, baseball pitcher
* March 7 – Rick Emerson, radio presenter and author
* March 8 – Jahana Hayes, politician
* March 9 – Aaron Boone, baseball player
* March 10 – John LeCompt, musician
* March 14 – Betsy Brandt, actress
* March 18 – Luci Christian, voice actress
* March 20
** Ronna McDaniel, politician and political strategist
** Cedric Yarbrough, actor
* March 22 – Alex Padilla, politician
* March 23 – Jason Kidd, basketball player
* March 24 – Jim Parsons, actor and producer
* March 26
** T. R. Knight, actor
** Larry Page, computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur, and co-founder of Google
* March 28 – Umaga (wrestler), Umaga, wrestler (d. 2009)
* March 29 – Brandi Love, porn actress

April

* April 1 – Rachel Maddow, political commentator
* April 2 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-born actress
* April 4 – David Blaine, magician
* April 5
** Derek Kerswill, drummer
** Pharrell Williams, singer
* April 6
** Lori Heuring, actress
** Franck Marchis, astronomer
** Cindy Robinson, voice actress
* April 8 – Emma Caulfield, actress
* April 11 – Jennifer Esposito, actress
* April 12 – Christina Moore, actress
* April 13 – Bokeem Woodbine, actor
* April 14 – Adrien Brody, actor
* April 16 – Akon, rapper, singer/songwriter, and record producer
* April 20
** Todd Hollandsworth baseball player and sportscaster
** Julie Powell, food writer and memoirist (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022)
* April 22 – Christopher Sabat, voice actor
* April 24 – Brian Marshall, bassist for Creed (band), Creed and Alter Bridge
* April 28
** Melissa Fahn, actress
** Jorge Garcia, actor and comedian
* April 29 – Steven Horsford, politician

May

* May 1 – Curtis Martin, football player
* May 7 – Lawrence Johnson (athlete), Lawrence Johnson, pole vaulter
* May 12
** Mackenzie Astin, actor
** Kendra Kassebaum, actress and singer
** Bobby Kent, murder victim (d. 1993)
** Travis Lutter, mixed martial artist
** Forbes March, actor
* May 14 – Shanice, singer
* May 16
** Jason Acuña, Weeman, skateboarder, stuntman, and actor
** Tori Spelling, actress
** Keith Williams (bodybuilder), Keith Williams, bodybuilder and football player
* May 17
** Sasha Alexander, actress
** Josh Homme, singer/songwriter
* May 25
** Jean-Pierre Canlis, glass artist
** Demetri Martin, actor and comedian
* May 27 – Jack McBrayer, actor and comedian
* May 30 – Minae Noji, actress

June

* June 1
** Heidi Klum, German-born model
** Derek Lowe, baseball player
* June 2 – Kevin Feige, filmmaker and president of Marvel Studios
* June 9 – Tedy Bruschi, football player
* June 10 – Faith Evans, singer
* June 11 – Dana Brunetti, producer
* June 13
** Sam Adams (American football), Sam Adams, football player
** Ogie Banks, voice actor
* June 15
** Neil Patrick Harris, actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician, and television host
** Greg Vaughan, actor
* June 20 – Josh Shapiro, politician, 48th Governor of Pennsylvania
* June 21 – Juliette Lewis, actress and singer
* June 22 – Carson Daly, television personality and host
* June 28 – DJ Vlad, interviewer
* June 30 – Robert Bales, United States Army staff-sergeant and suspect in the Kandahar massacre

July

* July 3
** Owen H.M. Smith, producer, writer, actor, and comedian
** Patrick Wilson (American actor), Patrick Wilson, actor
* July 5 – Joe (singer), Joe, singer/songwriter and record producer
* July 6
** Charizma, rapper (d. 1993 in the United States, 1993)
** William Lee Scott, actor
* July 7 – Troy Garity, actor
* July 9
** Kelly Holcomb, football player
** Enrique Murciano, actor
* July 10 – Annie Mumolo, actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
* July 11
** Link Abrams, American-born New Zealand basketball player
** Andrew Bird, violinist and singer/songwriter
** Kris Steele, politician
* July 15 – Brian Austin Green, actor
* July 16
** Graham Robertson (filmmaker), Graham Robertson, filmmaker and author
** Tim Ryan (Ohio politician), Tim Ryan, politician
* July 17
** Eric Moulds, football player
** Liam Kyle Sullivan, comedian
** Amy Steinberg, minister, singer, songwriter, musician, playwright and actress
* July 19
** Raja Krishnamoorthi, Indian-born politician
** Saïd Taghmaoui, French-born actor and screenwriter
* July 21 – Ali Landry, actress
* July 22 – Rufus Wainwright, American-born Canadian singer/songwriter and composer
* July 23
** Omar Epps, actor
** Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player
** Monica Lewinsky, former White House intern
* July 24
** Andy Barr (American politician), Andy Barr, politician
** Jamie Denbo, actress
* July 25 – Tony Vincent, actor and singer
* July 29 – Wanya Morris, singer

August

* August 1 – Tempestt Bledsoe, actress
* August 3 – Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician), Chris Murphy, politician
* August 5 – Michael Hollick, actor
* August 6
** Asia Carrera, actress
** Vera Farmiga, actress
** Karenna Gore, daughter of Al Gore
** Max Kellerman, sportscaster and radio host
* August 8
** Jessica Calvello, voice actress
** Scott Stapp, singer/songwriter and frontman for Creed (band), Creed
* August 9 – Kenya Barris, writer, producer, director, and actor
* August 11 – Carolyn Murphy, model
* August 15 – Kris Mangum, football player
* August 16 – Damian Jackson, baseball player
* 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
** Howie D., singer and member of the Backstreet Boys
** Kristen Wiig, actress, comedian, writer and producer
* August 23 – Chelsi Smith, actress, singer, television host, and beauty queen (d. 2018 in the United States, 2018)
* August 24
** Dave Chappelle, actor and comedian
** Grey DeLisle, voice actress and singer
** Carmine Giovinazzo, actor
* August 28 – Matthew John Armstrong, actor
* August 29 – Jason Spisak, actor, voice actor, and producer
* August 30 – Lisa Ling, journalist
* August 31 – Mary Peltola, politician

September

* September 3 – Alexandra Kerry, actress, filmmaker, director, and producer
* September 4 – Jason David Frank, actor (d. 2022)
* September 5 – Rose McGowan, actress
* September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, actress
* September 8 – Troy Sanders, musician (Mastodon (band), Mastodon, Killer Be Killed)
* September 9 – Jennie Kwan, actress and voice actress
* September 12
** Tarana Burke,civil rights activist
** Paul Walker, actor (d. 2013 in the United States, 2013)
* September 14 – Nas, rapper
* September 18 – James Marsden, actor
* September 20 – Todd Boehly, businessman and investor
* September 22 – Bob Sapp, wrestler, actor, football player, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist
* September 24 – Eddie George, football player
* September 25 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, actress
* September 29 – Joe Hulbig, ice hockey player
* September 30 – David Ury, actor

October

* October 2
** Melissa Harris-Perry, political commentator
** Proof (rapper), Proof, rapper for D12 (d. 2006)
* October 4 – Abyss (wrestler), Chris Parks, wrestler
* October 9 – Steve Burns, actor, voice actor, director, producer, television host, guitarist, musician, and singer
* October 10 – Mario Lopez, actor and entertainment journalist
* October 13 – Matt Hughes (fighter), Matt Hughes, mixed martial artist
* October 14 – George Floyd, Murder of George Floyd, murder victim (d. 2020 in the United States, 2020)
* October 15 – Dax Riggs, musician
* October 18 – Rachel Nichols (journalist), Rachel Nichols, sports journalist
* October 24 – Kurt Kuenne, filmmaker
* October 26
** Rorke Denver, Navy SEAL and actor
** Seth MacFarlane, actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and singer
* October 27 – Lori Trahan, politician
* October 28 – Montel Vontavious Porter, wrestler
* October 31 – Beverly Lynne, actress

November

* November 2 – Marisol Nichols, actress
* November 3
** Sticky Fingaz, Kirk Jones, rapper for Onyx (hip hop group), Onyx
** Mick Thomson, guitarist
* November 5
** Johnny Damon, baseball player
** Peter Emmerich, illustrator
* November 7 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean-born actress
* November 8 – David Muir, journalist and news anchor
* November 9 – Nick Lachey, actor, singer, television personality, host, and member of 98 Degrees
* November 11 – Stephanie Bice, politician
* November 13 – Jordan Bridges, actor
* November 14
** Kareem Campbell, skateboarder
** Lawyer Milloy, football player
* November 16 – Marcus Lemonis, Lebanese-born businessman, investor, and television personality
* November 19 – Django Haskins, singer/songwriter and guitarist
* November 20 – Sav Rocca, Australian-born football player
* November 24 – Amy Faye Hayes, ring announcer and model.
* November 26 – Peter Facinelli, actor
* November 28 – Gina Tognoni, actress
* November 30 – Nimród Antal, Hungarian-born director, screenwriter, and actor

December

* December 1 – Lombardo Boyar, comedian, actor, and voice artist
* December 3 – Holly Marie Combs, actress
* December 4 – Tyra Banks, supermodel, actress, and talk show host
* December 7
** Carrie Kei Heim, actress, lawyer and writer
** Terrell Owens, football player
* December 8 – Corey Taylor, singer and frontman for Slipknot (band), Slipknot and Stone Sour
* December 9
** Stacey Abrams, politician and voting rights activist
** Bárbara Padilla, operatic soprano
* December 10 – Arden Myrin, comedian
* December 11 – Mos Def, rapper and actor
* December 12
** Pamela L. Gay, astronomer
** Tony Hsieh, Internet entrepreneur (d. 2020 in the United States, 2020)
** Paz Lenchantin, Argentine-born musician
** Denise Parker, archer
* December 14 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (d. 2001)
* December 15 – Jason Upton, Christian singer/songwriter
* December 16 – Scott Storch, hip-hop producer
* December 17 – Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician), Brian Fitzpatrick, politician
* December 21 – Mike Alstott, football player
* December 24 – Stephenie Meyer, writer and producer
* December 25 – Chris Harris (wrestler), Chris Harris, wrestler
* December 27 – Wilson Cruz, actor
* December 28 – Seth Meyers, comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host
* December 29
** Pimp C, rap artist (d. 2007 in the United States, 2007)
** Theo Epstein, baseball general manager
* December 30 – Jason Behr, actor

Deaths

* 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 in the United States, 1908)
* January 24 – J. Carrol Naish, actor (born 1896 in the United States, 1896)
* February 15 – Tim Holt, American actor (born 1919 in the United States, 1919)
* March 8 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rock musician (born 1945 in the United States, 1945)
* March 12 – Frankie Frisch, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1898 in the United States, 1898)
* March 18 – William Benton (senator), William Benton, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1949 until 1953 (born 1900 in the United States, 1900)
* March 23 – Ken Maynard, actor (born 1895 in the United States, 1895)
* March 26 – George Sisler, baseball player (St. Louis Browns) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1893 in the United States, 1893)
* April 20 – Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, actor (born 1890 in the United States, 1890)
* May 6 – Myrna Fahey, actress (born 1933 in the United States, 1933)
* May 18 – Jeannette Rankin, first United States congresswoman (born 1880 in the United States, 1880)
* June 1 – Mary Kornman, actress (born 1915 in the United States, 1915)
* June 21 – Frank Leahy, football player and coach (born 1908 in the United States, 1908)
* June 23 – Fay Holden, actress (born 1893 in the United States, 1893)
* June 24 – Mary Carr, actress (born 1874 in the United States, 1874)
* June 26 – Ernest Truex, actor (born 1889 in the United States, 1889)
* July 2
** Betty Grable, actress (born 1916 in the United States, 1916)
** George Macready, actor (born 1899 in the United States, 1889)
* July 6 – Joe E. Brown, actor and comedian (born 1891 in the United States, 1891)
* July 7 – Veronica Lake, actress (born 1922 in the United States, 1922)
* July 11 – Robert Ryan, actor (born 1909 in the United States, 1909)
* July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr., actor (born 1906 in the United States, 1906)
* July 18 – Richard Remer, athlete (born 1883 in the United States, 1883)
* July 20
** Bruce Lee, actor, martial artist and filmmaker (born 1940 in the United States, 1940)
** Robert Smithson, artist (born 1938 in the United States, 1938)
* July 23 – Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace and race car driver (born 1890 in the United States, 1890)
* July 25 – Edgar Stehli, French-born American actor (born 1884 in France, 1884)
* August 8 – Dean Corll, serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and torturer (born 1939 in the United States, 1939)
* August 30 – Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn, a.k.a. Gary Neil Miller, dwarf actor and singer (born 1934 in the United States, 1934)
* September 20 – Jim Croce, singer (born 1943 in the United States, 1943)
* October 6 – Sidney Blackmer, actor (born 1895 in the United States, 1895)
* October 7 – Bonner Fellers, United States Army general (born 1896 in the United States, 1896)
* October 9 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer (born 1915 in the United States, 1915)
* December 4 – Michael O'Shea (actor), Michael O'Shea, actor (born 1906 in the United States, 1906)
* December 20 – Bobby Darin, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (born 1936 in the United States, 1936)
* December 26
** William Haines, actor (born 1900 in the United States, 1900)
** Harold B. Lee, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899 in the United States, 1899)

See also

* List of American films of 1973
* Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)

References

eclipse (4,5);

External links

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1970s in the United States
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