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• Mark Lee van Ravenswaay, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2017)
• cornelis hendrikus martinus (rene) vercoulen, tegelen
• David Jacob Hugenholtz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)

• Dingena Maria voor de Poorte (65), Bergum
• Cornelia Maria Aarts (52), Gilze en Rijen
• Antonius Franciscus van de Pasch (89), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolus van de Leur (81)
• Aleida Maria Hassing (53), Hilversum
• Anna Elizabeth Hazewinkel (85), Marion Linn Cy, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Catherine Delores Little (47)
• Dirk Noordveld (78)
• Alphonsus Josephus Vancraeynest (64), Brussel
• Christoffel Los (77), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1969 » Edward Norton, American actor
• 1969 » Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
• 1970 » Jason Furman, American economist and politician
• 1970 » Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer
• 1971 » Richard David James, English musician composer
• 1971 » Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
• 1974 » Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
• 1977 » Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian musician and educator
• 1977 » Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian

• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1979 » Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1990 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)

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

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

• 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.
• February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
• April 2 » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 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.
• September 28 » The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.

The temperature on August 18, 1973 was between 17.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.