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• Edwin de Klein, Emmen († 1973)
• Reinanko Martin Marissen, Vollenhove († 1991)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1973)
• Gerrit Jan de Visser, Linz (Oostenrijk) († 1994)
• Nicole Slegers, Turnhout († 1991)

• Dirk Noordzij (73), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Bakker (79), Oudeschild
• Andries van der Leest (86)
• Cornelis H. Bakker (79), Oudeschild Texel
• Christiaan Joseph Maria Franssen (69), Maastricht
• Anna Maria Meijs (82)
• Anna Leonie Pouleyn (88), Roubaix Frankrijk
• Dulce Barbosa Vieira (89), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Christoffer Dokter (86), Buinen
• Anna Catharina van Sikkelerus (80), Lamswaarde,, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1971 » Bethan Benwell, English linguist, author, and academic
• 1971 » Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
• 1972 » Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1973 » Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
• 1974 » Kily González, Argentine footballer
• 1975 » Andy Hallett, American actor and singer († 2009)
• 1975 » Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)

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.
• May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
• July 11 » Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
• August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
• October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
• 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.
• December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

The temperature on August 4, 1973 was between 14.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.