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• Sebastien Derwa, Luik, België († 1981)
• Robert Lambertus Hendrikus Gerardus Maria Bouwmans, Sint-Oedenrode,5465,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• Albert Jansen (62), Hardenberg
• Arie Verbruggen (58), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Artis Monroe Stidham (64), Cincinnati
• Albertien (Albertje) Sanders (88), Exloo Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Barta van Wegel (66)
• Adelheid Cornelia Bestevaar (65), Purmerend
• Antje Postema (57), Roderwolde
• Antje Jelles Anema (80), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Weeland (80), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Grootenboer (82), Dirksland

• 1970 » Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
• 1970 » Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1971 » Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
• 1974 » Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
• 1974 » Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
• 1975 » Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Dean Chandler, English footballer
• 1976 » Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer

• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1973 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1980 » María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)

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. Wendy
7. Monique
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.
• April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
• April 4 » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• July 12 » A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
• August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.

The temperature on May 6, 1973 was between 7.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.