About the day » Monday February 12, 1973Calender converter

• Klaas Barteld de Jong, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Hendrik Berend JAGER, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)
• Randy Robert Hallett, Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota († 2006)
• Durk Simon ten Dam, Akkrum

• Arthur Athol Ransom (45), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Antonius Cornelis Willem van Dijk (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Medard Inghelbrecht (79), Bekegem
• Arendje Drop (83)
• Agnes Schmidt` (78), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
• Augustinus Bruynen (75), Wuustwezel
• Annechien GREVING (86), Eext (Anloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Francisca Vinke (83), Oosterbeek,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Willem van Dijk (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amos Loftin (40), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1969 » Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1969 » Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 » Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 » Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
• 1971 » Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
• 1973 » Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
• 1973 » Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1974 » Naseem Hamed, English boxer
• 1976 » Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player

• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• 1975 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)

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. Monique
7. Wendy
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.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
• September 11 » JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
• December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

The temperature on February 12, 1973 was between 2.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 21.0 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.