About the day » Sunday May 6, 1973Calender converter

• Robert Lambertus Hendrikus Gerardus Maria Bouwmans, Sint-Oedenrode,5465,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Sebastien Derwa, Luik, België († 1981)

• Antje Anema (80), Leeuwarden (Ljauwert), Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Hendriks (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Janssen (56), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alice May Hopgood (95), Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• Antonia Gommers (66), Rotterdam
• Adriana Josina van den Berg (77)
• Albertus Martinus Kapteijn (75)
• Aloysius Basilius De Ridder (74), Gent
• Albert Jonkman (80), Amsterdam
• Adriana Weeland (80), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1970 » Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
• 1970 » Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1971 » Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
• 1974 » Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
• 1974 » Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
• 1975 » Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Dean Chandler, English footballer
• 1976 » Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer

• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1973 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1980 » María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)

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

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

• 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 8 » Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
• January 22 » In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
• February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
• April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.

The temperature on May 6, 1973 was between 7.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.