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

• Albertus Eugenius Verschraegen (64), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dirk Noordveld (78)
• Antje Bol (87)
• Cornelis Johannes Augustinus Engel (63)
• Dingena Maria voor de Poorte (65), Bergum
• Cornelia Magdalena van der Heijden (74), Amsterdam
• Basil Stanley Brooke (85)
• Antje Bol (87), Zandvoort
• Augustin Jean Baptiste Baudry (72), Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59650, Nord, FRANCE
• Antonia Petronella Kersten (72), Venlo, 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. 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.
• April 2 » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• May 11 » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
• May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
• August 23 » A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
• November 24 » A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.

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.