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1973
1973 was a common year starting on Monday.
Events
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November
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November 1 - Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
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November 3 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury (on March 29, 1974 it became the first space probe to reach that planet).
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November 7 - The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
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November 11 - Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.
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November 14 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries a commoner, Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey (they divorced in 1992).
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November 16 - Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
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November 16 - US President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
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November 17 - Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
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November 17 - Student uprising against the military regime in Athens, Greece.
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November 25 - Greek Dictator George Papadopoulos is ousted in military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis .
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November 27 - The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
December
Undated
Year in topic
Births
January
February
March
April
May
June
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June 1 - Heidi Klum, German supermodel
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June 1 - Derek Lowe, baseball pitcher
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June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress (Andromeda)
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June 10 - Faith Evans, R&B singer
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June 13 - Sam Adams, American football player
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June 22 - Carson Daly, talk show host, VJ
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June 26 - Gretchen Wilson, country music singer
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June 28 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
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June 30 - Chan Ho Park, Korean baseball pitcher
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