1973

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 or reference stardate -1/73.

Events

• Nearly half a dozen of the top Soviet biochemists and geneticists, including Pavlinko, Lozinak, and Malinowycz, go missing.
• Roberta Lincoln and Gary Seven visit the islands of the Firth of Clyde.
• Steve Winn takes control of Las Vegas's Golden Nugget casino on Earth.,

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.

May

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

September

• The Chilean government is overthrown in a military coup d'état.

November

• Sarina Kaur gets pregnant.
• The Mariner 10 space probe is launched.,

December

• The Pioneer 10 probe becomes the first to reach Jupiter.,
• The Warner Brothers film The Exorcist is released.,

People

Births and deaths

22 January

• Lyndon B. Johnson dies.

8 April

• Pablo Picasso dies.

2 July

• Betty Grable dies.

7 July

• Veronica Lake dies.

31 August

• John Ford dies.

16 September

• Victor Jara dies.

2 September

• J.R.R. Tolkien dies.

25 November

• Laurence Harvey dies.

Appendices

Stories

Title

Series

Date

Media

Notes

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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.

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.

February

"The Cosmic Cavemen".

• 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.

March

Sektrak of Thark.

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.

April

A Klingon colonel.

• 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.

May

"The Hijacked Planet".

• 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.

June

• 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.

July

"The Haunted Asteroid".

• 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.

August

Star Trek 9.

• 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.

September

"A World Gone Mad".

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

1 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.

October

• 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.

November

"The Mummies of Heitius VII".

• 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.

December

• 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 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.