July 5th (1973) was a Thursday. It's the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 5th July, 1973
» A BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, Kingman Explosion known as kills eleven firefighters.
Famous Birthdays on July 5 in 1973
» Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer and coach
» Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
» Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (Moloko)
» Alexander Radčenko, Czech handball player
» René Spies, German bobsledder
July 5th Holidays in History
» 1934 West Coast waterfront strike known as Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539)
» Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
» July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) named X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
» Constitution Day (Armenia)
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962.
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975.
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811.
» Saints Cyril and Methodius e.g Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
» Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)
» Emancipation Day, celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Africans in New York City in 1827.