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• Michiel van 't Hoff, Veghel († 2017)
• Renata Freeke, Leiden († 1996)
• Pieter Albert Richard Larooij, Den Haag († 1973)
• Rene Luijkx, Liesel († 1988)
• Maria Elena van der Horst
• Maria Volarie (Marcia) Booij, Ontario, Canada († 1983)
• Roar Hegge, Gravdal († 2012)
• Maria Volarie Booy, (Canada) († 1983)

• Calla Arlene Steward (88), Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Van Ammel Carolina Philomena (88), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Romain Joseph Knapen (31), Wellen, België
• Cornelia Klasina Broekhuizen (83)
• Alice 'Calicia' Hissory (69), Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
• Adriana Zeegers (74), Zierikzee
• Elza Snellinx (47), Tongeren
• Albert Edward DARLOW (40), 1 Littlegarth, Leicester, Leicestershire
• Aloijsius Johannes Robbe (64), Tilburg
• Adriana Zeegers (74), Zierikzee

• 1972 » Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach
• 1972 » Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
• 1972 » Musōyama Masashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1972 » Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer
• 1972 » Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Annalisa Buffa, Italian mathematician
• 1973 » H. D. Ackerman, South African cricketer
• 1973 » Steve McNair, American football player († 2009)
• 1973 » Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 » Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer and politician

• 1959 » Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
• 1975 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1979 » Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)

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. Natasja
14. Nicole
15. Patricia
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 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• May 18 » Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
• November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
• 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 February 14, 1973 was between -0.8 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.