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• Somsri Khongsiphatthi, Kamphaeng Phet (Thailand) († 2023)
• Ardith Wood
• Matthew Gerald Berkeley PORTMAN († 1990)

• Edward Leon Leus (69), Aalst
• Cornelia Maria Allegonda van de Zilver (78), 's Hertogenbosch
• Berendina Hermina Roes (63), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Beukema (83), Leeuwarden
• Arie Marinus Broere (64), Lekkerkerk
• Blanche, Philomene,Augustine RIGAUD (74), Montreuil,93100,Seine-Saint-Denis,ÎLE-de-FRANCE,FRANCE
• Carel baron de Vos van Steenwijk (53), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adriaan Nicolaas Quaak (73), Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Hoogerbrug (64), Gouda
• Catharina Johanna Dopheide (75), Hilversum, NH, Nederland

• 1971 » Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Demir Demirkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 » Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
• 1972 » Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
• 1973 » Jonathan Coachman, American basketball player, wrestler, and sportscaster
• 1973 » Mark Iuliano, Italian footballer and manager
• 1973 » Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Karl Stefanovic, Australian television host
• 1974 » Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach

• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1967 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)
• 1973 » Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1978 » John Williams, English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
• 1979 » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1982 » Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1983 » Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)

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 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• 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 27 » The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
• May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• September 20 » Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.

The temperature on August 12, 1973 was between 12.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.