1973

Timeline

1972 ← 1973 → 1974

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8000 • 1100 • 218

CE: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1502 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749 • 1850 • 1853 • 1898

1900-1999

1900-1929: 1906 • 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1923 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Future

2026 • 2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

January

• 7 January: The first episode of Fireman airs in Japan.
• 17 January The first episode of Jumborg Ace airs in Japan.
• 18 January: Shinobu Nakayama is born in Kogenai, Tokyo, Japan.

February

• 9 February: Hajime Tsuburaya, who served as the head of Tsuburaya Productions following his father's death, passes away.
• 28 February: Cecil Kellaway, who played Professor Thurgood Elson in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, passes away at age 82.

March

• 17 March: Godzilla vs. Megalon is released in Japan.

April

• 2 April: The first episode of Zone Fighter airs in Japan.
• 6 April: The first episode of Ultraman Taro airs in Japan.
• 20 April: Robert Armstrong passes away due to cancer.
• 21 April: Merian C. Cooper passes away due to cancer.

August

• 1 August: Son of Godzilla is re-released in Japan.

September

• 24 September: The final episode of Zone Fighter airs in Japan.

October

• 21 October: Motoyoshi Oda passes away at the age of 64.

December

• 20 December: King Kong Escapes is re-released in Japan.
• 29 December: Submersion of Japan is released in Japan.

In fiction

• Gamera fights several Gyaos, and sacrifices himself to save the rural city of Shima in Mie Prefecture. (Gamera the Brave)
• The scientific organization Monarch, together with a NASA Landsat team and escorted by the Sky Devils helicopter squadron, embarks on a secret expedition to the mythical Skull Island, where it encounters countless previously-undiscovered gigantic species, as well as the native Iwi tribe. The expedition's activities awaken ravenous monsters called Skullcrawlers, which threaten all other life on the island. However, the island's resident guardian, the giant ape known as Kong, kills the largest Skullcrawler and firmly establishes himself as the god of the island. Surviving expedition members are successfully extracted and brought back to civilization, while Monarch covers up the events that have transpired. (Kong: Skull Island)

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