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• Sander Boogaard († 1997)
• levenloos geboren zoontje († 1973)
• Bert Sanders († 1993)
• Vincent Hofstede, Maastricht, Nederland († 1973)
• Bregje Johanna Maria Cornelia Mulders, 's Hertogenbosch († 2002)

• Albert Elders (63), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelisje Kleijer (78), Apeldoorn
• Ans van Blaricum (31), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelias Van Troyen (90), Bornem
• Albertus Nicolaas Zeldenrust (85), Renkum
• Anna Cornelia Passier (75), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Gils (81), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diederika Johanna Helena Kersbergen (80), Bussum
• Filippus Jacob Wolfgang Jüch (45), Raalte, NL
• David Eames (60), Wauchope, NSW, Australia

• 1970 » Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Craig Laundy, Australian politician
• 1971 » Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit
• 1972 » Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 » Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
• 1972 » Sarah Clarke, American actress
• 1972 » Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
• 1973 » Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
• 1974 » José Dominguez, Portuguese international footballer, winger and manager
• 1974 » Mahershala Ali, American actor

• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
• 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
• 1984 » M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)

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 22 » In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
• 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.
• April 28 » The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
• September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
• October 6 » Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

The temperature on February 16, 1973 was between -2.4 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.