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September 24, 1973
On September 24, 1973, guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. 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.
Featured · September 24, 1973
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast.
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Around 1973
The year in brief
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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What happened
On September 24, 1973
- 1973 — Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Arrivals
Born on September 24, 1973
Eddie George 1973– American football player and coach and actor (born 1973)
Gillian Lindsay 1973– Scottish rower (born 1973) RR Rodrick Rhodes 1973– American basketball player and coach (born 1973)
Farewells
Died on September 24, 1973
AK August Kippasto Estonian wrestler (1887–1973)
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1973
The class of 1973
Others born in 1973
BW Bokeem Woodbine 1973– American actor
A Akon 1973– Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
CS Charlotta Sörenstam 1973– Swedish golfer
TC Teddy Cobeña 1973– Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
DB Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player HG Haile Gebrselassie 1973– Ethiopian runner
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