HISTORICAL DATA-1873:

•  JANUARY:    On January 2 of this year Marie-Francoise Therese Martin is born in Alencon, Normandy, France.  Her parents are Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin; she is baptized into the Roman Catholic Church on January 4 of this year at Notre Dame Church in Alencon. She will grow up to gain fame as St. Therese of Lisieux, Christ's "Little Flower", as she called herself.  (SOURCE:  See Vatican City website entry here:)

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•  (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    By some time during this year in the United States of America John D. Rockefeller controls between 30% and 40% of the nation's oil-refining capacity.  (SOURCE:  The American Nation... Since 1865-Second Edition, John A. Garraty, page 93).  

• (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At some time during this year, after the discovery of the Big Bonanza gold deposit in Virginia City, Nevada, the future of the city seems assured. The Big Bonanza is a rich gold seam which is over 50 feet thick.  (Source:  The American Nation... Since 1865-Second Edition, John A. Garraty, page 71). 

• (NO SPECIFICDATE):    By this time plants capable of refining 1,000 barrels of crude oil a day are common in the United States of America.  (Source:  The American Nation... Since 1865-Second Edition, John A. Garraty, page 93).   

• (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    By about this time about 300,000 workers in the United States of America belong to national craft unions, and many new trades, most notably in railroading, have been unionized.  (Source:  The American Nation... Since 1865-Second Edition, John A. Garraty, page 112).     
   

•  (WHOLE YEAR):    All this year Stephan Thernstrom continues with his long-term study of the workingmen in Newburyport, Massachusetts.  (Source:  The American Nation... Since 1865-Second Edition, John A. Garraty, page 112).