About the day » Monday May 7, 1973Calender converter

• André Groot, Nederland († 2016)
• Marcus Sebastiaan Griffioen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Goudswaard (74), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Huizing (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Goudswaard (74), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Huijsmans (66), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aalbert Worst (83), Nijkerk
• Kastama (86), Amsterdam
• Antonie van Houwelingen (84), sliedrecht (zuid holland)
• Adriaan Willems Goudswaard (74), ,,, Oosterhout, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Antonius Huijsmans (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Groennou (78)

• 1971 » Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 » Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer
• 1971 » Thomas Piketty, French economist
• 1972 » Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1972 » Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer († 2000)
• 1973 » Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter and producer
• 1973 » Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
• 1973 » Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
• 1974 » Ian Pearce, English footballer and assistant manager
• 1975 » Ashley Cowan, English cricketer

• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)

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.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• October 20 » "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
• October 25 » Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
• November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
• December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

The temperature on May 7, 1973 was between 6.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.