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July 13, 1973

On July 13, 1973, watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. The year's #1 song was "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Bokeem Woodbine, Akon, Charlotta Sörenstam would arrive in the same year.

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1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.

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On July 13, 1973

  1. 1973 Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.

    1970s political scandal in the U.S.

    The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. 's Watergate complex. Nixon's efforts to conceal his administration's involvement led to an impeachment process and his resignation in August 1974.

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Died on July 13, 1973

Willy Fritsch German-Silesian actor (1901-1973)

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The class of 1973

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Bokeem Woodbine 1973– American actor
Akon 1973– Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
Charlotta Sörenstam 1973– Swedish golfer
Teddy Cobeña 1973– Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player
Haile Gebrselassie 1973– Ethiopian runner

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