1973

Timeline

Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, Megalon and Gigan in Godzilla vs. Megalon.

1972 ← 1973 → 1974

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 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 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Walker Publications releases "After King Kong Fell".
• King Kong vs. Godzilla is released in Italy.
• The Mysterians is re-released in Italy.

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

• Kodansha finishes publishing the Otomodachi Go! Godman manga.
• 2 April: The first episode of Zone Fighter, "Destroy the Terror-Beast Missile!", airs in Japan.
• 4 April: The World Trade Center opens to the public.
• 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.

June

• Yog, Monster from Space is released in the United Kingdom by New Realm Entertainments.

August

• 1 August: Son of Godzilla is re-released in Japan.
• 30 August: Hideaki Serizawa is born in Tokyo, Japan.

September

• 24 September: The final episode of Zone Fighter, "Pulverize! The Garoga Gamma-X Strategy", airs in Japan.
• 28 September: The final episode of Go! Godman airs in Japan.

October

• 1 October: Toho Planning airs the first episode of Kure Kure Takora.
• 5 October: The first episode of Diamond Eye, "My Name is Diamond Eye", airs in Japan.
• 20 October: Sydney Opera House opens to the public.
• 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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