About the day » Friday August 17, 1973Calender converter

• Saskia Roodhooft († 2001)
• Maria Cristina FRIOLI, São Paulo Brazil († 1973)
• Reinier Christiaan Kleijer, Barneveld († 1975)

• Arie Dusseldorp (87), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Johannes Schaar (78), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirkje Kloos (79), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba Johanna Schrauwen (61)
• Adrianus Hendruk Kat (68), Heerjansdam
• Catherine Fischer (77), Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan
• Aart Christianus van der Pol (65), tiel
• Cornelia Boonstra (88), Leidschendam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eva Dorothea Sommer (82)
• Constantinus Vleugels (92), Herentals, België

• 1970 » Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
• 1970 » Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
• 1970 » Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1971 » Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
• 1971 » Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1972 » Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1974 » Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
• 1976 » Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director

• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)
• 1979 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)

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.
• January 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• January 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
• August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• December 17 » Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.

The temperature on August 17, 1973 was between 14.0 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.