1973 in Cape Verde

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March: The only legislative assembly election took place^[1]
June 30: a total solar eclipse took place with the umbral portion including a part of the island of Santo Antão, over 120 km northwest, a prototype of what would become the Concorde flew in the middle of the umbral portion, it showed around 90-95% obscuration of the sun in the island of São Vicente, it was 95% obscured around Boa Vista and over 90% in the Sotavento Islands.
December 24: an annular solar eclipse occurred on the island before 15:30, the umbral portion was shown in that area while the remainder was shown partial

Manuel Lopes's prose As Personagens de Ficção e Seus Modelos published
Ovídio Martins' poems 100 Poemas (100 Poems) published in Portuguese and the São Vicente Creole

February 18: GS Castilho celebrated its 50th anniversary of its foundation
Spring:
- GS Castilho won their second and recent island championships for São Vicente
- Vitória FC Praia won their only island championships for Santiago
Spring/Summer: GS Castilho won their only colonial title for the Cape Verdean Football Championships^[2]
December 2: Sporting Clube da Praia celebrated its 50th anniversary of its foundation

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
Colonial era	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1973 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Botswana Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia Zaire
States with limited recognition	Rhodesia
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Djibouti Réunion Saint Helena Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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