About the day » Tuesday August 21, 1973Calender converter

• Heather Delight Wood († 1973)
• Frederic Gillet, Verviers (Bel)
• Rebecka Mae Buss, Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri († 2009)
• Jeroen Gijsbert Freerk STAVINGA, Emmen († 2002)
• Kimberly Anne Ferriman, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1975)

• Emma Alice Robinson (71), Layton, Davis County, Utah, United States of America
• Alfred William (Joe) DENNIS (66), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Aaltje Pasterkamp (72)
• * Johanna Hoebeke (76), Rotterdam
• Anthonij Eijkman (83), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Ates Meter (76), Groningen, 9700, Nederland
• David Lopes Quiros (77)
• Antonius Christianus Petrus Wijten (1)
• Andries Meter (76), -
• Bastiaantje van der Lee (76), Alphen aan den Rijn, ZH, Nederland

• 1970 » Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1971 » Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
• 1971 » Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
• 1971 » Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 » Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
• 1973 » Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist and radio host
• 1974 » Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player and referee
• 1975 » Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager

• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)

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.
• January 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
• June 28 » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• July 29 » Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• October 31 » Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.

The temperature on August 21, 1973 was between 6.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.