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• Hans Menkus Dirks Zijlstra († 1999)
• John van Dijk († 2001)
• Victor de Mos, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2009)
• Kitty Ockhuijsen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Rodney Richard Sanders, Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Edward Anthony Durband (73)
• Arthur Antonius Hubertus janssen (75), Rijswijk
• Abramina Maria Kruidenier (79)
• Clarence Harrison Young (83), Rocky Mount, Franklin, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Cornelia Draijer (65), Haarlem
• Catharina Anna Maria van Veldhoven (83), Heerlen
• Aaltje Dolstra (65)
• Alijda Maria Alberta ENGELENBURG (79), Amsterdam
• Bartholomeus Petrus Peterse (77), Amsterdam
• Adolf Kurt Bredel (84)

• 1971 » Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Jill Scott, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972 » Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1972 » Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish bass player
• 1973 » Chris Banks, American football player († 2014)
• 1973 » Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete and coach
• 1973 » David Blaine, American magician and producer
• 1973 » Kelly Price, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1973 » Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer and coach

• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)

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 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 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 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

The temperature on April 4, 1973 was between -3.1 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.