About the day » Sunday June 17, 1973Calender converter

• Camila Carvalho de Melo Rego († 1994)
• Nanja Suzan van de Vijver († 2012)
• Jacky Middelburg, Delft
• Jennifer Ann Kathman, USA († 2005)

• Bertha Elisa AERTS (° Geerts ) (71), Leuven Vlaams Brabant
• Anne Oebeles Ypenga (29), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Ernest George Robinson, J.P. (93), Kingston, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
• Angenieta Hogewoning (85), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Bruijns (70), Etten-Leur
• Edse de Roos (75), -
• Geertruida Lamberta Coolen (69), België
• Anthoinetta Johanna Hubregtse (94)
• Aaltje HOMAN (75), Rhee (Assen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Angenieta Hogewoning (85), Rijnsburg

• 1970 » Jason Hanson, American football player
• 1970 » Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Mildred Fox, Irish politician
• 1971 » Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer
• 1973 » Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
• 1974 » Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
• 1975 » Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer
• 1975 » Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model

• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)

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.
• March 29 » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
• May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
• May 8 » A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
• September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
• November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
• November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).

The temperature on June 17, 1973 was between 11.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.