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• Margaretha Jannie Veldstra († 1973)
• Sanderina Maria (Sandra) Fernee, Leeuwarden († 1973)
• Sanderina Maria Fernee, Leeuwarden († 1973)
• Misty Julayne Claborn († 1977)
• P.J.E. Somers († 1991)
• Marius Sterk, Haskerland
• Patricia Boekhout, Breda

• * Asger Oluf Jorgensen Jorn (59), Aarhus
• Andries Prins (81), -
• Aart van Otterlo (68), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anna Margezina Scheve- (68)
• Anne Tjerks Dijkstra (91), Zuidlaren
• Aloysia Stephanie Maria Josepha Grasveld (86), Beek( Nijmegen)
• Annetje van Geest (59), De Lier (ZH-NLD)
• Anna Margezina Scheve (68)
• Abraham Luteijn (91), Amsterdam, North-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsia Stephania Maria Josepha Grasveld (86), Beek (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland

• 1971 » Ethan Albright, American football player
• 1971 » Kim Grant, South African tennis player
• 1971 » Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
• 1972 » Julie Benz, American actress
• 1972 » Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
• 1972 » Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
• 1973 » Curtis Martin, American football player
• 1973 » Mike Jesse, German footballer
• 1973 » Oliver Neuville, German footballer
• 1973 » Peter Baah, English footballer and manager

• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Michael
8. Marco
9. Mark
10. Richard
11. Patrick
12. Cornelis
13. Hendrik
14. David
15. Dennis
16. Ronald

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Monique
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Patricia
13. Karin
14. Nicole
15. Natasja
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
• January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
• September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
• October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
• November 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.

The temperature on May 1, 1973 was between 5.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.