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• Ingrid van Haaren, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Diana van Neerven, Helmond († 2007)
• Christina Renkema, Carambai Brasil († 1976)
• Geertje Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ewoud Jeroen Bakker, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Albert Ruinemans, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)

• Anne Carolina Elisabeth Schaap (85), Den Burg, Texel NL
• Annigje Boersma (65), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Biedrynjska (64)
• Adriana Francisca Aben (76), Etten en Leur
• Anna Carolina Elisabeth Schaap (85), Den Burg (Texel), Nederland
• * Johannes Franciscus Josephus Dolman (64)
• Andries Willem Smit (34), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina DIRIX (89), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Antonia van Dijk (65), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Verwoert (82)

• 1969 » Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1969 » Shaun Micheel, American golfer
• 1971 » Stian Carstensen, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and composer
• 1972 » Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1973 » Uday Chopra, Bollywood actor and filmmaker
• 1974 » Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter and coach
• 1975 » Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
• 1975 » Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1975 » Warrick Dunn, American football player
• 1976 » Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer

• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
• 1976 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
• 1978 » Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 1979 » Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)

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.
• January 22 » A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
• 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 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
• December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

The temperature on January 5, 1973 was between -0.5 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.