1973

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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].

EventsEdit

• 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]

15 April

• 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. ^[7]

May

• The United States of America places the first space station in orbit, Skylab, its purpose to further the research the effects of weightlessness. ^[5], ^[7]

September

• The Chilean government is overthrown in a military coup d'état. ^[5]

November

• Sarina Kaur gets pregnant. ^[3]
• The Mariner 10 space probe is launched. ^[5], ^[7]

December

• The Pioneer 10 probe becomes the first to reach Jupiter. ^[5], ^[7]
• The Warner Brothers film The Exorcist is released. ^[5], ^[8]

PeopleEdit

Births and deathsEdit

This article or subsection has an associated category.	1973 deaths

22 January

• Lyndon B. Johnson dies. ^[5]

8 April

• Pablo Picasso dies. ^[5]

2 July

• Betty Grable dies. ^[5]

7 July

• Veronica Lake dies. ^[5]

31 August

• John Ford dies. ^[5]

16 September

• Victor Jara dies. ^[5]

2 September

• J.R.R. Tolkien dies. ^[5]

25 November

• Laurence Harvey dies. ^[5]

AppendicesEdit

References and NotesEdit

1. ↑ TOS movie: Star Trek.
2. ↑ Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1.
4. ↑ TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2.
5. ↑ ^{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.
6. ↑ DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Second Star to the Right...".
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology.
8. ↑ ST website: StarTrek.com.

StoriesEdit

Title

Series

Date

Media

Notes

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ReleasesEdit

• The omnibus Star Trek Annual 1974 is released.

JanuaryEdit

• TOS comic: "The Youth Trap" is released in French.
• TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in Portuguese.

6 January

• The fourth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is released in Spanish.

13 January

• The fifth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.

20 January

• The sixth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.

27 January

• The seventh installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.

FebruaryEdit

• TOS comic #17: "The Cosmic Cavemen" by Len Wein.
• TOS comic: "The Legacy of Lazarus" is released in French.

3 February

• The eighth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Ghost Planet" is released in Spanish.

10 February

• The ninth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.

17 February

• The tenth installment of "The Void of Storms" is released.

24 February

• The first installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

MarchEdit

3 March

• The second installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

10 March

• The third installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

17 March

• The fourth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

24 March

• The fifth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

31 March

• The sixth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
• TOS comic: "When Planets Collide" is released in Spanish.

AprilEdit

• TOS comic: "Sceptre of the Sun" is released in French and Italian.

7 April

• The seventh installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

14 April

• The eighth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

21 April

• The ninth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

28 April

• The tenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

MayEdit

• TOS reference: The Trouble with Tribbles, by David Gerrold is released.
• Gold Key TOS comic #18: The Hijacked Planet is released.

5 May

• 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.

12 May

• The twelfth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

19 May

• The thirteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

26 May

• The fourteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Voodoo Planet" is released in Spanish.

JuneEdit

• TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is released in French.

2 June

• The fifteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

9 June

• The sixteenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

16 June

• The seventeenth installment of "Spheres of War" is released.

23 June

• The first installment of "Shell Game" is released.

30 June

• The second installment of "Shell Game" is released.

JulyEdit

• TOS comic #19: "The Haunted Asteroid" is released.

7 July

• The third installment of "Shell Game" is released.

14 July

• The fourth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

21 July

• The fifth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

28 July

• The sixth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

AugustEdit

• 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.

4 August

• The seventh installment of "Shell Game" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Youth Trap" is released in Spanish.

11 August

• The eighth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

18 August

• The ninth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

25 August

• The tenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

SeptemberEdit

• TOS comic #20: A World Gone Mad is released.
• TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" is released in Italian.

2 September

• The eleventh installment of "Shell Game" is released.

8 September

• "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.

15 September

• "Yesteryear" is first aired.
• The thirteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Legacy of Lazarus" is released in Spanish.

22 September

• "One of Our Planets Is Missing" is first aired.
• The fourteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

29 September

• "The Lorelei Signal" is first aired.
• The fifteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

OctoberEdit

• TOS comic: "Dark Traveler" is released in French and Italian.

6 October

• "More Tribbles, More Troubles" is first aired.
• The sixteenth installment of "Shell Game" is released.

13 October

• "The Survivor" is first aired.
• The first installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

20 October

• "The Infinite Vulcan" is first aired.
• The second installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

27 October

• "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" is first aired.
• The third installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

NovemberEdit

• TOS comic #21: "The Mummies of Heitius VII" is released.
• TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in Italian.

3 November

• "Once Upon a Planet" is first aired.
• The fourth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

10 November

• "Mudd's Passion" is first aired.
• The fifth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

17 November

• "The Terratin Incident" is first aired.
• The sixth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

24 November

• "The Time Trap" is first aired.
• The seventh installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

DecemberEdit

• TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny" is released in French.

1 December

• "The Ambergris Element" is first aired.
• The eighth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

8 December

• The ninth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

15 December

• "The Slaver Weapon" is first aired.
• The tenth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

22 December

• The eleventh installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released.

29 December

• The twelfth installment of "To Rule the Universe" is released, completing the weekly run of the UK comic strips series.

Unknown monthEdit

• 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 linksEdit

• 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.