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• Johannes Freerk Antonius Martinus Clemens, Eindhoven
• Irmgard Lammers († 2011)
• Bianca Patricia de Kock († 1977)
• Bianca Patricia de Kock († 1977)
• Shannon Stetler († 2012)

• Boukje Huizenga (74), -
• Alice Adelaide Venus Campbell (85), Warrane, Tasmania, Australia
• Albert H.M. van Hoof (30), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Rohde (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonie van Thiel (68), Den Dungen, NL
• Annie Jo Hensley (88), Nixon, Gonzales, Texas, United States of America
• Annie van Kempen (68)
• * Maria Johanna Antonia Marina Krijnen (71), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Vlaanderen (67), 's-Graveland
• Branca (Bertha) Brilleman (66), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1970 » Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 » Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
• 1972 » Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1972 » David Charvet, French actor and singer
• 1974 » Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
• 1974 » Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
• 1974 » Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
• 1974 » Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1975 » Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
• 1975 » Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster

• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)

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. 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 7 » In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
• May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
• June 28 » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• October 31 » Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
• November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

The temperature on May 15, 1973 was between -0.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.