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• Bart Mathijs Michel Rongen, IJsselstein, Limburg, Nederland
• André van Hoven, Pretoria (South Africa) († 1973)
• bart kessels, helden-panningen
• Wilco Gerardus Vreugdenhil, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2018)
• Wouter Van Hoven, Pretoria (South Africa) († 1973)
• stan kessels, helden-panningen

• Adriana Resoort (73), Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Dirks (92), Sappemeer, Nederland
• Adrianus Sala (78), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Dirks (92), Sappemeer
• Barend Oudmaijer (57), Hilversum
• Effie Lorena CALAHAN (72), Irving, Texas
• Berend Bartelds Huisman (78), Zwolle
• * Jean Muller (76), Varsberg
• Arie van den Hoven (77), Zeist, Netherlands
• Cyrille Damiaan Viaene (77), Staden West-Vlaanderen België

• 1971 » Graham Rowntree, English rugby player
• 1971 » Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Michael Rutter, English motorcycle racer
• 1972 » Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
• 1973 » Brady Clark, American baseball player
• 1973 » Derrick Brooks, American football player
• 1973 » Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
• 1974 » Mark Tremonti, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 » Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer

• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Richard
10. Mark
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. Natasja
13. Karin
14. Patricia
15. Saskia
16. Nicole

• 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.
• 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 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• October 25 » Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
• 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 April 18, 1973 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.