It didn't.
The arrangement of numbers on a PC keyboard hasn't changed since the first IBM PC.
However 1973 is pre-PC. What type of system were you using then? Most computer keyboards at the time didn't actually have a separate field for the numbers keys but were using the row of numbers above the letters on the keyboard. The computer must have been a mainframe with a teletype-style keyboard.
Generally speaking there are two systems of numbers keys arrangements. The PC, my Casio pocket calculator and AFAIK all other pocket and desk calculators uses this arrangement:
789
456
123
Any phone will use this other arrangement:
123
456
789