1973 in the United States

1973 in the United States
Events from the year 1973 in the United States. The year saw a number of important historical events in the country, including the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade, the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and end of the United States participation in the Vietnam War, the end of the post-World War II boom and the beginning of the first of a series of recessions that continued over the next decade, and the first oil crisis.
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.
May 8 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and American Indian Movement 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 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 9 – Portuguese-American socialite, Joana Santos, is born. She would single-handedly see to the revitalization of Down Neck (Newark, NJ) and on the eve of her 50th birthday (late summer of 2023) the CTT Correios de Portugal issued a commemorative postal stamp in honor of her countless contributions for both Portugal and the United States.
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 in 1974 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: 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 A's repeat as champions of Major League Baseball, defeating the New York Mets 5–2 in game 7 of the World Series.
October 27 – The 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 707-321C, crashes at Logan International Airport, Boston, killing three.
Mariner program: NASA launches Mariner 10 toward 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 Productions' 21st feature 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 Carr, William Pogue, Edward Gibson) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an 84-day mission.
President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
November 17 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I'm not a crook."
November 20 – The animated Thanksgiving special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving premieres on CBS. It ends up winning an Emmy Award the following year.
November 21 – 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, the film adaptation of William Peter Blatty's 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 suspended by Furman v. Georgia (1972–1976)
1973 oil crisis (1973–1974)
1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
DOCUMERICA photography project (1972-1977)
1973 Mississippi river flood(1972-1973)
Lite Beer is introduced in the U.S. by the Miller Brewing Company.
Births
January
January 1 – Justin Armour, football player
January 2
Huntley Bakich, football player
Will Kirby, television personality and dermatologist
January 3
Tyrone Brown, football player
Dan Harmon, screenwriter and producer
January 4
Henry Bloomfield, rugby player
Harmony Korine, director, producer, and screenwriter
January 6 – Alex Berenson, writer
January 9 – Angela Bettis, actress, producer, and director
January 10
Ajit Pai, politician and telecommunications director, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Glenn Robinson, basketball player
January 11 – Michelle Belanger, author
January 12
Prashant Bhargava, filmmaker and designer (d. 2015)
Steve Blay, poker player, author, and founder of AdvancedPokerTraining.com
Brian Culbertson, contemporary jazz/R&B/funk musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer
January 14 – Troy Brohawn, baseball player
January 15 – Alexa Avilés, politician, community activist, and non-profit manager
January 16
Brad Adamonis, golfer
Mario Bates, football player
Brice Blanc, French-born jockey
Josie Davis, actress
January 18
Burnie Burns, filmmaker
Junior Burrough, basketball player
Cindy Byrd, accountant and politician
Ed Jasper, football player (d. 2022)
Joe Kehoskie, baseball executive
January 19
John Avlon, journalist and political commentator
Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
January 21
Walt Brooks, politician
Chris Kilmore, rock DJ for Incubus
January 23
Karen Abbott, author
Mark Boal, journalist, screenwriter, and film producer
January 25
Marco Battaglia, football player
Erika Brown, Olympic curler
January 26
W. Kamau Bell, comedian and television host
Frankie Biggz, record producer, musician, singer/songwriter, and DJ
January 28
Jason Aaron, comic book writer
Jerome Allen, basketball player
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 1
Michael Blanton, physicist
Tasha Boerner Horvath, politician
February 2 – Kirk Adams, politician
February 3 – Brandon Bennett, football player
February 4
Ed Bassmaster, internet personality and YouTuber
Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
Brett Hestla, musician and record producer
February 5 – David Meunier, actor
February 6 – David Barrett, blues musician
February 7
Billy Baumhoff, soccer player
Tim Bowens, football player
Derrick C. Brown, comedian and poet
Juwan Howard, basketball player
February 8
Peter V. Brett, novelist
Project Pat, rapper for The Kaze
February 9
Nathan Barr, composer and musician
Colin Egglesfield, actor
February 12
Chad Brownstein, businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist
Tara Strong, Canadian-born actress and voice actress
February 13
Jeff Angell, musician and guitarist
Ethan Stiefel, ballet dancer
February 14 – Steve McNair, football player (d. 2009)
February 15
Alex Budman, multi-instrumentalist
Amy Van Dyken, Olympic swimmer
February 16
Sarah Bianchi, politician
Dan Brandenburg, football player
February 17
Drew Barry, basketball player
Jen Taylor, voice actress
February 18 – Chris Beard, basketball coach
February 19
Tommy Bennett, football player
Eric Lange, actor
February 20
Rohan Alexander, Jamaican-born cricketer
Orlando Antigua, Dominican-born basketball player and coach
Grady Benton, football player
Andrea Savage, actress, comedian, and writer
February 21
Jacob M. Appel, author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic
Justin Sane, singer, guitarist, and frontman for Anti-Flag
February 22
David Bason, music manager and record executive
Scott Phillips, drummer for Creed and Alter Bridge
February 23 – Jason Boyd, baseball player
February 24 – Chris Fehn, drummer
February 25
Christopher Baldwin, illustrator and author
Brian Bateman, golfer
Emmanuel Bibb, streetball player
Jenny Bindon, American-born New Zealand footballer
Anson Mount, actor
February 26
Herman Ashworth, convicted murderer (d. 2005)
Erinn Bartlett, actress and beauty pageant contestant
Marshall Faulk, football player
Jenny Thompson, Olympic swimmer
February 28
Angela Aycock, basketball player
Henry Bailey, football player
March
March 1
Anton Gunn, politician
Kathrine Lee-Hinton, flight attendant
Chris Webber, basketball player
March 2 – Graham Boettcher, art curator
March 3
Brett Abrahams, geneticist and neuroscientist
Thomas Barnett, singer/songwriter
John Bergstrom, music critic and journalist
March 4 – Brian Barber, baseball player
March 5 – Ryan Franklin, baseball player
March 6
Terry Adams, baseball player
Joshua Bergasse, choreographer and dancer
March 7
John Aboud, writer and comedian
Rick Emerson, radio presenter and author
March 8 – Jahana Hayes, politician
March 9 – Aaron Boone, baseball player
March 10
Natasha Alam, Uzbekistani-born actress and model
John LeCompt, musician
March 11 – Ernest Allen, football player
March 12 – Antonio Banks, football player
March 14 – Betsy Brandt, actress
March 15 – Janine Bowman, Olympic sport shooter
March 17 – Patricia Rushton, creator and founder of PITA organization
March 18 – Luci Christian, voice actress
March 19
Peter Attia, Canadian-born physician
Brant Bjork, musician, singer/songwriter, record producer, and drummer
Bun B, rapper
March 20
Annemarie Carney Axon, judge
Tony Baldwin, softball coach
Brent Brennan, football player and coach
Ronna McDaniel, politician and political strategist
Cedric Yarbrough, actor
March 21
Larry Bowie, football player
Vanessa Branch, English-born actress and model
March 22 – Alex Padilla, politician
March 23
Brent Bilodeau, ice hockey player
Jakob S. Boeskov, Danish-born artist
Wendy Bruce, Olympic gymnast
Jason Kidd, basketball player
March 24 – Jim Parsons, actor and producer
March 25 – Jeff Beacher, producer, entrepreneur, and comedian
March 26
Ryan Bolton, Olympic triathlete
T. R. Knight, actor
Larry Page, computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur, and co-founder of Google
March 27
Bobby Black, journalist
Aimee Boorman, Olympic gymnastics coach
March 28 – Umaga, wrestler (d. 2009)
March 29
Juan Alejandro Ávila, Mexican-born actor
Etdrick Bohannon, basketball player
Brad Bridgewater, Olympic swimmer
Brandi Love, porn actress
March 30
Brian Behlendorf, technologist, executive, and computer programmer
Bitch, musician, actress, composer, and performance artist
Robin Coleman, actress, bodybuilder, and strongwoman
DJ AM, musician and DJ (d. 2009)
March 31 – Reese Andy, mixed martial artist
April
April 1
Rachel Maddow, political commentator
Terry Vaughn, soccer referee (d. 2023)
April 2 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-born actress
April 3
Ashot Ariyan, Armenian-born Canadian-American composer and pianist
John Butler, football coach
Adam Scott, actor, comedian, and producer
April 4
Chris Banks, football player (d. 2014)
David Blaine, magician
April 5
Tony Banks, football player
Derek Kerswill, drummer
Pharrell Williams, singer
April 6
Lori Heuring, actress
Franck Marchis, astronomer
Cindy Robinson, voice actress
April 7 – Amy Anzel, entrepreneur, actress, producer, and television presenter
April 8 – Emma Caulfield, actress
April 11
Sadie Benning, artist
Blake Brockermeyer, football player and coach
Jennifer Esposito, actress
April 12
William Berlind, theatre producer
Mark Brooks, comic book artist
J. Brett Busby, lawyer and judge
Christina Moore, actress
April 13 – Bokeem Woodbine, actor
April 14
Gino Bona, marketing professional
Adrien Brody, actor
April 16 – Akon, rapper, singer/songwriter, and record producer
April 18
Jad Abumrad, radio host
Derrick Brooks, football player
April 19
Michael Bacall, actor and screenwriter
Eric Berger, journalist and meteorologist
April 20
Todd Hollandsworth baseball player and sportscaster
Julie Powell, food writer and memoirist (d. 2022)
April 21
Braniff Bonaventure, football player
Kevin Brown, baseball player
April 22
Frank Artiles, politician
Christopher Sabat, voice actor
April 23
Hala Ayala, politician
Daphne Bloomer, actress
April 24
Jason Bohn, golfer
Brian Marshall, bassist for Creed and Alter Bridge
April 25 – Cornelius Bundrage, boxer
April 26 – Geoff Blum, baseball player
April 27
Ink Aleaga, football player
Jillian Bach, actress
Andrew Ballen, American-born Chinese businessman
Jared Brown, football player
April 28
Big Gipp, rapper
Melissa Fahn, actress
Matt Fox, musician and guitarist for Shai Hulud
Jorge Garcia, actor and comedian
Elisabeth Röhm, German-born actress
April 29
Cheney Brannon, drummer for Collective Soul (2008-2012)
Steven Horsford, politician
May
May 1
Andrew Bajadali, cyclist
Sam Bakhtiar, Iranian-born fitness entrepreneur and author
Rhonda Banchero, basketball player
Frank Beede, football player
Rachel Brand, politician
Curtis Martin, football player
May 2 – Justin Burnett, composer
May 5 – Nicholas Bloom, British-born university professor
May 6 – Mike Borkowski, race car driver
May 7
John Atwell, racing driver
Lawrence Johnson, pole vaulter
May 9
David Bevis, basketball player
Big Scoob, rapper
May 10
Steve Berra, skateboarder and founder of The Berrics
Jim Butler, politician
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 13 – Warren Ballentine, motivational speaker, attorney, political activist, and radio talk show host
May 14 – Shanice, singer
May 15
Steve Benen, blogger and political writer
Suzannah Bianco, Olympic swimmer
May 16
Muna AbuSulayman, American-born Saudi businesswoman and activist
Jason 'Weeman' Acuña, skateboarder, stuntman, and actor
Mackenzie Astin, actor
Craig Brockman, rapper and record producer
Tori Spelling, actress
Keith Williams, bodybuilder and football player
May 17
Sasha Alexander, actress
Josh Homme, singer/songwriter and frontman for Queens of the Stone Age
Matthew McGrory, actor (d. 2005)
May 18 – The Blue Meanie, wrestler
May 20
Carl Anderton Jr., politician
Ben Arthur, singer/songwriter and novelist
Steve Berger, mixed martial artist
May 23 – Jason Nash, dancer
May 24 – Elisa Bridges, actress and model (d. 2002)
May 25
Jean-Pierre Canlis, glass artist
Demetri Martin, actor and comedian
Molly Sims, fashion model and actress
May 27
Shaw Blackmon, politician
Jack McBrayer, actor and comedian
May 29 – Michael Balderrama, choreographer, dancer, and producer
May 30
Allen Aldridge, football player
Jenna Busch, entertainment journalist
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 3 – Zak Baney, record producer, songwriter, screenwriter, filmmaker, and photographer
June 4
Antonio Anderson, football player
James Bowden, football player
June 5 – Lamon Brewster, boxer
June 8 – James Baron, football player
June 9
Tedy Bruschi, football player
Matt Mahaffey, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, and recording engineer
June 10 – Faith Evans, singer
June 11
Ira Bowman, basketball player and coach
Dana Brunetti, producer
June 13
Sam Adams, football player
Ogie Banks, voice actor
June 14
Jimmy Button, motocross racer
Joel Souza, filmmaker
June 15
Neil Patrick Harris, actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician, and television host
Greg Vaughan, actor
June 19
Jahine Arnold, football player
Chris Beatty, football player and coach
June 20
Aquil Abdullah, Olympic rower
Chino Moreno, singer and frontman for Deftones
Josh Shapiro, politician, 48th Governor of Pennsylvania
June 21
Mark Braud, jazz musician
Sammie Burroughs, football player
Juliette Lewis, actress and singer
June 22
Cory Alexander, basketball player and announcer
Carson Daly, television personality and host
June 23
Carter Albrecht, keyboardist and guitarist for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (d. 2007)
Scott-Vincent Borba, esthetician, model, singer, and actor
June 26
Reggie Brown, football player
Kyle Jacobs, country songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist (d. 2023)
June 27 – Jennifer Brundage, softball player
June 28
Stan Bowman, Canadian-born ice hockey executive
DJ Vlad, interviewer
June 29
Lance Barber, actor
Daniel J. Bauer, statistician and university professor
June 30 – Robert Bales, United States Army staff-sergeant and suspect in the Kandahar massacre
July
July 1
Roman Bezrukavnikov, Russian-born mathimatician
Scott Blanton, football player
Brenton Brown, South African-born Christian musician and worship leader
July 2 – Teodross Avery, jazz saxophonist
July 3
Devin Bush Sr., football player and coach
Owen H.M. Smith, producer, writer, actor, and comedian
Patrick Wilson, actor
July 5 – Joe, singer/songwriter and record producer
July 6
Hallie Olivere Biden, politician, widow of Beau Biden and daughter-in-law of Joe Biden
Charizma, rapper (d. 1993)
William Lee Scott, actor
July 7
Aaron Beasley, football player
Troy Garity, actor
July 9
Katasha Artis, basketball player
Brook Berringer, football player (d. 1996)
Kelly Holcomb, football player
Enrique Murciano, actor
Pete Parada, musician
July 10 – Annie Mumolo, actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
July 11
Link Abrams, American-born New Zealand basketball player
Adam Alexander, sportscaster
Andrew Bird, violinist and singer/songwriter
Kris Steele, politician
July 12
Jay Ashcroft, attorney, engineer, and politician
David Blixt, actor and author
July 14 – Alley Baggett, model and makeup artist
July 15 – Brian Austin Green, actor
July 16
Jay Bateman, football player and coach
Graham Robertson, filmmaker and author
Tim Ryan, politician
July 17
Ken Martin, political figure
Eric Moulds, football player
Liam Kyle Sullivan, comedian
Amy Steinberg, minister, singer, songwriter, musician, playwright and actress
July 18 – Brian Sidney Bembridge, scenic and lighting designer
July 19
Marcy Borders, legal assistant and survivor of the 9/11 attack (d. 2015)
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Indian-born politician
Saïd Taghmaoui, French-born actor and screenwriter
July 20
Keith Aldridge, ice hockey player
Omar Epps, actor, rapper, and producer
July 21
Brian Buchanan, baseball player
Ali Landry, actress
July 22 – Rufus Wainwright, American-born Canadian singer/songwriter and composer
July 23
Shannon Brown, country singer
Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player
Monica Lewinsky, former White House intern
July 24
Andy Barr, politician
Jamie Denbo, actress
July 25
David Denman, actor
Tony Vincent, actor and singer
July 27 – Kenji Bunch, composer and violist
July 28 – Scott Bloom, actor and filmmaker
July 29
Lorraine Besser, philosopher and university professor
Stephen Dorff, actor
Wanya Morris, singer
July 30 – Clementa C. Pinckney, pastor and politician (d. 2015)
July 31 – Jason Archer, artist
August
August 1
Mario Bennett, basketball player
Gregg Berhalter, soccer player and coach
Tempestt Bledsoe, actress
August 2 – Dan Boren, politician
August 3
Flynn Adam, producer, singer, and rapper
Chris Murphy, politician
August 5
Lorri Bagley, actress and model
Michael Hollick, actor
August 6
Asia Carrera, actress
Vera Farmiga, actress
Karenna Gore, daughter of Al Gore
Max Kellerman, sportscaster and radio host
August 7
Tom Asimou, lawyer
Ross Atkins, baseball player and executive
Michael Barnes, judoka
August 8
Jessica Calvello, voice actress
Scott Stapp, singer/songwriter and frontman for Creed
August 9
Juan Alvarez, baseball player
Brian Baker, politician (d. 2021)
Kenya Barris, writer, producer, director, and actor
August 11
Kristin Armstrong, cyclist
Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
Carolyn Murphy, model
August 12
Latasha Byears, basketball player
Jonathan Coachman, sports media personality
August 14 – Jacob Brent, actor
August 15 – Kris Mangum, football player
August 16
Hector Balderas, lawyer and politician
Damian Jackson, baseball player
August 17
David Bromstad, designer and television personality
Adam Butler, baseball player
August 19 – Ahmed Best, actor, comedian, and musician
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
William D. Burns, politician
Howie D., singer and member of the Backstreet Boys
Craig Greenberg, politician, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky (2023-present)
Kristen Wiig, actress, comedian, writer and producer
August 23
Casey Blake, baseball player
Chelsi Smith, actress, singer, television host, and beauty queen (d. 2018)
August 24
Scott Blasi, horse trainer
Dave Chappelle, actor and comedian
Grey DeLisle, voice actress and singer
Carmine Giovinazzo, actor
August 25 – Count Bass D, rapper
August 26 – Mark Budzinski, baseball player and coach
August 28
Matthew John Armstrong, actor
J. August Richards, actor
August 29 – Jason Spisak, actor, voice actor, and producer
August 30
Beth Bader, golfer
Lisa Ling, journalist
August 31
Doug Anderson, Christian singer
Mary Peltola, politician
September
September 1
Sanford Bookstaver, director and producer
Gillian Boxx, softball player
Troy Brownfield, comic book writer, journalist, and college professor
September 2
Curtis Anderson, football player
Jason Blake, ice hockey player
Donnie Boyce, basketball player and coach
September 3 – Alexandra Kerry, actress, filmmaker, director, and producer
September 4 – Jason David Frank, actor (d. 2022)
September 5
Justin Atchley, baseball player
Rose McGowan, actress
September 7
Reuben Brigety, politician and diplomat
Kendrick Burton, football player
Shannon Elizabeth, actress
September 8 – Troy Sanders, singer and bassist for Mastodon and Killer Be Killed
September 9
John Blackwell, musician (d. 2017)
Jennie Kwan, actress and voice actress
Dave Schubert, artist and photographer (d. 2023)
September 10 – Chris Bortz, politician
September 11
Robby Albarado, jockey
Glen Bradley, politician
September 12
Vashone Adams, football player
Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the MeToo movement
Paul Walker, actor (d. 2013)
September 13 – Aaron Benward, singer/songwriter, actor, and producer
September 14
Travis Allen, politician
Dominique Arnold, hurdler
Tony Bui, Vietnamese-born filmmaker
Nas, rapper
September 15
Markita Aldridge, basketball player
Kaela Berg, politician
September 17 – Keirsten Alley, tennis player
September 18
Paul Anderson, politician
Towanda Braxton, singer
James Marsden, actor
September 19 – Amil, rapper
September 20
Brad Beyer, actor
Todd Boehly, businessman and investor
September 21
Mike Anderson, football player
Derek and Keith Brewer, models and twin brothers
Z Brewer, writer
September 22 – Bob Sapp, wrestler, actor, football player, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist
September 24
Diana Ayala, politician
Eddie George, football player
September 25
Bridget Marquardt, television personality and model
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, actress
September 29 – Joe Hulbig, ice hockey player
September 30
Tisha Terrasini Banker, actress
John Browning, football player
David Ury, actor
October
October 1
Taseer Badar, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist
Christian Borle, actor and singer
October 2
Keiko Agena, actress
Melissa Harris-Perry, political commentator
Proof, rapper for D12 (d. 2006)
Efren Ramirez, actor and DJ
October 3
Black Thought, rapper, singer, actor, and member of the Roots
Hedy Burress, actress
October 4
Chris Parks, wrestler
Kantroy Barber, football player
October 5 – Tom Brislin, keyboardist, singer/songwriter, producer, author, and member of Kansas
October 7 – Mark Ronchetti, meteorologist and political candidate
October 8
Donnie Abraham, football player and coach
Bryan Barten, Paralympic tennis player
October 9
Jennifer Aspen, actress
Steve Burns, actor, voice actor, director, producer, television host, guitarist, musician, and singer
Charles Burton, wrestler
October 10
Emily M. Bender, university professor
P. J. Brown, soccer player
Mario Lopez, actor and entertainment journalist
October 13 – Matt Hughes, mixed martial artist
October 14
Thom Brooks, American-born British political philosopher and legal scholar
George Floyd, murder victim (d. 2020)
October 15
Antonio Armstrong, football player (d. 2016)
Julio Becerra Rivero, Cuban-born chess grandmaster
Dax Riggs, musician
October 18
John Baldwin, Olympic figure skater
Craig Billmeier, punk musician
Black Child, rapper
Neal Brennan, comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster
Rachel Nichols, sports journalist
October 20 – William Birdthistle, Irish-born university professor
October 21
Lera Auerbach, Russian-born Austrian-American composer and pianist
Alvin Bragg, lawyer and politician
October 23 – Vivian Bang, South Korean-born actress
October 24
Kurt Kuenne, filmmaker
Korie Robertson, television personality
October 25
Lamont Bentley, actor and rapper (d. 2005)
John Blewett III, stock car racing driver (d. 2007)
October 26
Rorke Denver, Navy SEAL and actor
Seth MacFarlane, actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and singer
October 27
Michi Atkins, basketball player
Lori Trahan, politician
October 28 – Montel Vontavious Porter, wrestler
October 30 – Dave Asprey, entrepreneur and author
October 31
Kate Aldrich, opera singer
Sandra Arana, American-born Peruvian actress, model, and television presenter
Tim Byrdak, baseball player
Roger Lima, bassist and vocalist for Less than Jake
Beverly Lynne, actress
November
November 1
David Berman, actor and researcher
Dawn Burrell, Olympic long jumper and chef
November 2
John Donley Adams, lawyer and politician
Marisol Nichols, actress
November 3
Kahlil Ashanti, actor and writer
Kirk Jones, rapper for Onyx
Mick Thomson, guitarist
November 4 – Eric Bennett, Paralympic archer
November 5
Johnny Damon, baseball player
Peter Emmerich, illustrator
November 6 – Taje Allen, football player
November 7
Seven Antonopoulos, drummer
Yunjin Kim, South Korean-born actress
November 8 – David Muir, journalist and news anchor
November 9
Duane Butler, football player
Nick Lachey, actor, singer, television personality, host, and member of 98 Degrees
November 11 – Stephanie Bice, politician
November 12
Jill Barry, politician
Kerry Blackshear Sr., basketball player
November 13
Lynsey Addario, photojournalist
Derrick Alexander, football player
Jordan Bridges, actor
November 14
Daniel Ahlers, businessman and politician
Kareem Campbell, skateboarder
Lawyer Milloy, football player
November 16 – Marcus Lemonis, Lebanese-born businessman, investor, and television personality
November 17
Simone Edwards, Jamaican-born basketball player (d. 2023)
Lord Infamous, rapper for Three 6 Mafia (d. 2013)
November 19
Cindy Abrams, politician
Yoram Bauman, economist and comedian
Django Haskins, singer/songwriter and guitarist
November 20 – Sav Rocca, Australian-born football player
November 21 – Luke Aikins, skydiver, BASE jumper, pilot, and aerial photographer
November 22 – Jamie Belsito, politician
November 23
John Eric Armstrong, convicted serial killer
Autumn Burke, politician
November 24
Bret Bergmark, mixed martial artist
Donny Brady, football player
Amy Faye Hayes, ring announcer and model
November 25 – Eddie Steeples, actor
November 26 – Peter Facinelli, actor
November 27
Jason Beverlin, baseball player and coach
Twista, rapper
November 28
Brian Bonin, ice hockey player
Ed Broxterman, Olympic high jumper
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
Joe the Plumber, conservative activist and commentator (d. 2023)
December 4 – Tyra Banks, supermodel, actress, and talk show host
December 5 – Rod Barry, pornographic actor
December 7
Carrie Kei Heim, actress, lawyer and writer
Terrell Owens, football player
December 8 – Corey Taylor, singer and frontman for Slipknot and Stone Sour
December 9
Stacey Abrams, politician and voting rights activist
Tony Batista, Dominican-born baseball player
December 10
Nic Belasco, basketball player
Jeff Blashill, ice hockey player and coach
Arden Myrin, comedian
December 11 – Mos Def, rapper and actor
December 12
Pamela L. Gay, astronomer
Tony Hsieh, Internet entrepreneur (d. 2020)
Paz Lenchantin, Argentine-born musician
Denise Parker, archer
December 13
Chris Ballard, sports journalist
Christopher Bielawski, university professor
Matt Bronleewe, record producer, musician, novelist, and songwriter
December 14 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (d. 2001)
December 15
Christopher R. Barron, political activist and co-found of GOProud
Terrell Bell, basketball player
Jason Upton, Christian singer/songwriter
December 16 – Scott Storch, hip-hop producer
December 17 – Brian Fitzpatrick, politician
December 18
Leila Arcieri, actress, model, and businesswoman
Caesar Bacarella, stock car racing driver
King Louie Bankston, musician (d. 2022)
Justin Bennett, musician and producer
December 20 – Jenny Boucek, basketball player and coach
December 21
Mike Alstott, football player
Donnell Baker, football player (d. 2020)
December 22 – Octaviano Juarez-Corro, Mexican-born convicted murderer (d. 2023)
December 24
Chris Ash, football coach
Stephenie Meyer, writer and producer
December 25
Tarrik Brock, baseball player and coach
Chris Harris, wrestler
December 26
Ryan Berube, Olympic swimmer
Reichen Lehmkuhl, lawyer, businessman, television personality, model, and Air Force Captain
December 27
Art Atwood, bodybuilder (d. 2011)
Dean Bernardini, bassist for Chevelle (2005-2019)
Wilson Cruz, actor
December 28 – Seth Meyers, comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host
December 29
Dionciel Armstrong, writer, director, and producer
Theo Epstein, baseball general manager
Pimp C, rap artist (d. 2007)
December 30 – Jason Behr, actor
December 31 – Shandon Anderson, basketball player
Full date unknown
John M. Ackerman, American-born Mexican political activist, TV host, and academic
Nick Adams, writer and author
Titilayo Adedokun, singer and beauty queen
Jeremy Adelman, composer
Brad Adkins, artist and curator
Luis Gabriel Aguilera, American-born Mexican author, writer, musician, language teacher, and social justice activist
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer
Gema Alava, Spanish-born artist
Saleem Ali, American-born Australian scientist
Jessica Andersen, writer
Eric Chase Anderson, author, illustrator, and actor
Miya Ando, artist
Saman Arbabi, Iranian-born journalist
Mark Archer, producer, director, and writer
Ana Claudia Arias, Brazilian-born physicist
Vernice Armour, Marine Captain and naval avaitor
Mohit Aron, Indian-born computer scientist
Kristen Ashburn, photojournalist
Maximilian Auffhammer, environmental economist
Pejman Azarmina, Iranian-born scholar, entrepreneur, musician, and thinkocrat
Stephen Babcock, lawyer
Vadim Backman, biomedical engineer
John Badalamenti, lawyer and judge
Khaldoun Baghdadi, Jordanian-born politician
Eric Baker, businessman and founder of Viagogo
Cheryl E. Ball, academic and scholar
Todd Ballard, Christian musician and worship leader
Hayley Barker, painter
Kelly Barnhill, author
John Barros, businessman and politician
Batting Stance Guy, YouTuber
Éric Baudelaire, artist and filmmaker
Avantika Bawa, Indian-born artist, curator, and professor
Ross Beach, musician, songwriter, and record producer
Dan Beachy-Quick, poet, writer, and critic
Prakash Belkale, Indian-born mathematician
Brian Belott, artist and performer
Fadil Berisha, Albanian-born photographer
Mischa Berlinski, author
Laura Berman, Spanish-born artist and printmaker
Laura Bialis, American-born Israeli filmmaker
Sandra Biedron, physicist
Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, politician
Alan Bjerga, author and journalist
Brian Blanchfield, poet and essayist
Adam Block, astrophotographer
Brett Ellen Block, novelist
Rob Bochnik, musician, audio engineer, and singer/songwriter
Kirsten Bomblies, biological researcher
J Boogie, DJ, music producer, radio host, music director and curator
Scott Boothby, hammer thrower
Dražen Bošnjak, Bosnian-born composer and sound designer
Chad Boudreau, basketball coach
Anne Boyer, poet and essayist
Alan Braverman, businessman, co-founder of Xoom Corporation and Eventbrite
Jesse Bravo, psychic and banker
Mat Brinkman, artist and electronic musician
David Bronner, corporate executive and activist
Sharon Brous, rabbi
Andrea Brown, opera soprano
Cindy Lynn Brown, Danish-born poet
Eleanor Brown, novelist, anthologist, editor, teacher, and speaker
Nadia Brown, poet, writer, and author
Pieta Brown, artist, musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer/songwriter
Tyrone Brown, convicted felon
Simone Browne, author and educator
Sharon R. Browning, geneticist
Nathan Bryan, biologist and researcher
Stefan G. Bucher, German-born writer, graphic designer, and illustrator
Judy Budnitz, writer
Jason Buhrmester, journalist and author
Jim Burke, illustrator
Mike Burns, filmmaker
Tim Burns, politician
Bisa Butler, fiber artist
Mitch Colvin, politician, mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (2017-present)
Indo G, rapper
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)
January 23 – Kid Ory, musician (born 1886)
January 24 – J. Carrol Naish, actor (born 1896)
January 30 – Elizabeth Baker, economist and academic (born 1885)
February 15
Wally Cox, actor (born 1924)
Tim Holt, actor (born 1919)
February 17 – Harold Saxton Burr, scientist (born 1889)
February 18 – Frank Costello, Italian-born American Mafia gangster and crime boss (born 1891)
February 23 – Dickinson W. Richards, physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1895)
February 24 – Alice Hollister, silent film actress (born 1886)
March 6 – Pearl S. Buck, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
March 8 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rock musician (born 1945)
March 12 – Frankie Frisch, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1898)
March 14 – Howard H. Aiken, computing pioneer (born 1900)
March 18 – William Benton, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1949 until 1953 (born 1900)
March 21 – Ray Williamson, California politician (b. 1895)
March 23 – Ken Maynard, actor (born 1895)
March 26 – George Sisler, baseball player (St. Louis Browns) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1893)
April 12 – Arthur Freed, film producer (b. 1894)
April 20 – Robert Armstrong, actor (born 1890)
April 21 – Merian C. Cooper, aviator, director and producer (b. 1893)
April 25 – Frank Jack Fletcher, admiral (b. 1885)
April 26 – Irene Ryan, actress (b. 1902)
May 6 – Myrna Fahey, actress (born 1933)
May 8 – Alexander Vandegrift, general (born 1887)
May 18 – Jeannette Rankin, first United States congresswoman (born 1880)
June 1 – Mary Kornman, actress (born 1915)
June 21 – Frank Leahy, football player and coach (born 1908)
June 23 – Fay Holden, actress (born 1893)
June 24 – Mary Carr, actress (born 1874)
June 26 – Ernest Truex, actor (born 1889)
July 1 – Laurens Hammond, inventor (born 1895)
July 2
Betty Grable, actress (born 1916)
George Macready, actor (born 1889)
July 6 – Joe E. Brown, actor and comedian (born 1891)
July 7 – Veronica Lake, actress (born 1922)
July 11 – Robert Ryan, actor (born 1909)
July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr., actor (born 1906)
July 18 – Richard Remer, athlete (born 1883)
July 20
Bruce Lee, actor, martial artist and filmmaker (born 1940)
Robert Smithson, artist (born 1938)
July 23 – Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace and race car driver (born 1890)
July 25 – Edgar Stehli, French-born American actor (born 1884)
August 8 – Dean Corll, serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and torturer (born 1939)
August 30 – Michael Dunn, a.k.a. Gary Neil Miller, dwarf actor and singer (born 1934)
September 20 – Jim Croce, singer (born 1943)
October 6 – Sidney Blackmer, actor (born 1895)
October 7 – Bonner Fellers, United States Army general (born 1896)
October 9 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer (born 1915)
November 10 – Morton Deyo, admiral (born 1887)
November 13 – Lila Lee, actress (born 1905)
November 20 – Allan Sherman, comedy writer, television producer, and song parodist (born 1924)
November 23 – Constance Talmadge, actress (born 1898)
November 25 – Albert DeSalvo, criminal, suspect in the Boston Strangler case (born 1931)
November 27 – Frank Christian, jazz musician (born 1887)
December 4 – Michael O'Shea, actor (born 1906)
December 20 – Bobby Darin, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (born 1936)
December 26
William Haines, actor (born 1900)
Harold B. Lee, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)
See also
List of American films of 1973
Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
References
eclipse (4,5);
External links
1970s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States