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• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1973)
• Lyndon John (Larry) WESCOMBE, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 2011)
• N.n. ter Veen, Noordoostpolder († 1973)

• Annette Jeter Sowell (75)
• Aaltje Rus (75), Sint Maarten
• Abraham de Visser (75), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bonna Catharina Eliveld (82), Emmer Compascuum
• Christina Adriana Kamermans (92), Vlissingen
• Andries Leusink (88), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Simondr Rus (75), Alkmaar
• Christiaan Smeets (58), Stein
• Christina Adriana Kamerman(s) (92), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Andries Leusink (88), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1972 » Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
• 1972 » Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
• 1972 » Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1972 » Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 » Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1973 » Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1973 » Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter
• 1974 » Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
• 1974 » Cory Gardner, American politician

• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 » James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
• 1980 » James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)

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. David
14. Hendrik
15. Dennis
16. Ronald

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Wendy
7. Monique
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Patricia
13. Natasja
14. Karin
15. Nicole
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 22 » The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
• March 29 » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
• May 11 » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
• October 25 » Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

The temperature on August 22, 1973 was between 4.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.