February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Day of death November 5, 1973
The temperature on November 5, 1973 was between 3.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
December 15 » The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.
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