• German chemist Othmar Ziedler invents DDT.
• Survivor, ridden by jockey George Barbee, wins the first ever running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland by 10 lengths, winning a sumptuous purse of $2,050.

These people were born in 1873:

• French writer Colette.
• American baseball great John McGraw.

These people died in 1873:

• French emperor Napoleon III.
• English philosopher John Stuart Mill.

1872 - 1873 - 1874

19th century

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