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Born on Sunday January 7, 1973
- Rene Kroon, Hazerswoude (Rijnwoude), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
Died on Sunday January 7, 1973
- Charles Louis Mabesoone (79), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes van Broekhoven (68), Breda
- Catharina Verdult (76), Bergen op Zoom
- Berthus Hubert (73), Zandvoort
- Arie Gerritsz Moll (75), Huizen
- Charles Louis Mabesoone (79), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bernardus Henderikus - Bernard Heinrich Scherpen (85), Weiteveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Bernard Bel (72), Doetinchem
- Antonia de Spee (5)
- Bernardus Henderikus (Bernard) (Adelheid Scherpen (geboren Brinkman)) Scherpen (85), Weiteveen, Drenthe, Nederland
Born on January 7
- 1967 » Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1969 » Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager
- 1970 » Andy Burnham, English politician
- 1971 » Jeremy Renner, American actor
- 1972 » Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist
- 1974 » Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician
- 1976 » Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 » Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer
- 1977 » Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright
- 1979 » Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.
Died on January 7
- 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
- 1963 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
- 1964 » Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)
- 1967 » Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)
- 1967 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- 1968 » J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
- 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
- 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
- 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
- 1984 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
Names that were popular for boys in 1973
- Jan
- Johannes
- Jeroen
- Peter
- Robert
- Marcel
- Michael
- Marco
- Mark
- Richard
- Patrick
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- David
- Dennis
- Ronald
Names that were popular for girls in 1973
- Sandra
- Bianca
- Maria
- Johanna
- Miranda
- Monique
- Wendy
- Esther
- Ingrid
- Anna
- Jennifer
- Patricia
- Karin
- Nicole
- Natasja
- Anita
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1973
- 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.
- 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.
- October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
- November 8 » The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
- December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
- December 15 » John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.
Weather January 7, 1973
The temperature on January 7, 1973 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.