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Here is a list of events and notable dates concerning the year 1973. You can jump to various months with the toolbar below:

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Ahead to 1974

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January

• January 30: Jack MacGowran dies (Actors)

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February

• February 7: Victor Webster is born (Actors)
• February 12: Tara Strong is born in Toronto, Ontario (Voice Artist)

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March

• March 1: Jack Davenport is born (Actor) Pirates of the Caribbean

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April

• April 21: Merian C. Cooper dies in San Diego, California (Director)
• April 28: Jorge Garcia is born (Actors)

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May

• May 12: Forbes March is born (Actors) (Mutant X)

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June

• June 8 Lexa Doig is born (Actors)
• June 15: Battle for the Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• June 17: Louis Leterrier is born (Directors)
• June 21: Juliette Lewis is born (Actor)
• June 24: Bud Westmore dies (Makeup Artist)

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July

• July 8: Gene L. Coon dies (Screenwriters)
• July 8: Kathleen Robertson is born (Actors)
• July 12: Lon Chaney, Jr. dies (Actor)
• July 15: Battle for the Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• July 29: Stephen Dorff is born (Actor)

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August

• August 2: Simon Kinberg is born (Screenwriter)
• August 7: (fictional) Piper Halliwell is born (Character)
• August 28: Matthew John Armstrong is born (Actors)
• August 28: J. August Richards is born (Actors) (Angel
• August 29: Michael Dunn dies (Actors)

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September

• September 5: Rose McGowan is born (Actors)
• September 8: The Addams Family (cartoon) series debut (TV Series)
• September 8: Star Trek: The Animated Series debuts (TV Series) (Star Trek)
• September 18: James Marsden (Actors)

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October

• October 3: Neve Campbell is born (Actors)
• October 3: Lena Headey is born (Actor)
• October 6: Ioan Gruffudd is born (Actor)

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November

November undated:

• A Suppliant in Space by Robert Sheckley is first published in Galaxy Science Fiction (Short Stories)

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• November 1: Aishwarya Rai is born (Actors)
• November 7: Kim Yoon-Jin is born (Actors)
• November 21: Westworld opens in theaters (Movies)
• November 27: (fictional) Samantha Mulder, Fox Mulder's sister, is abducted by aliens (Fox Mulder)

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December

• December 1: The Savage Planet opens in theaters (Movie)
• December 3: Holly Marie Combs is born (Actors)
• December 3: Horror Express opens in UK theaters (Movie)
• December 11: Mos Def is born (Actors)
• December 26: The Exorcist opens in theaters (Movie)
• December 30: Jason Behr is born (Actor)
• December 31: A. Edward Sutherland dies (Directors)

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