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• Michiel Hans Zeinstra, Blauwhuis
• Jan Dirk Piets de Vries († 1974)
• Nienke Christine Keuning, Tilburg († 2007)
• Rosa Jacobus Maria Snijders, Sittard, Nederland († 1974)
• Paul Roger Booth († 1973)
• Sietse Gerard Rozema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Marten Jacob (Marco) de Vries, Easterga († 1996)
• Amphai Pholsripim, Lahan Sai /Thailand
• Kik, EINDHOVEN († 1973)
• Martin Adrianus Verwoert, Heerlen

• Christina Maria Westenbroek (79)
• Aaltje Bos (93), Ter Apel
• Agatha Postma (79), ,, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Moes (84), Brederwiede
• Charmaine ESTERUIZEN (0), Johannesburg
• Catharina Maria Kapitein (66), Alkmaar
• Alice Herbots (77), Sint-Truiden, België
• Christina Maria Westenbroek (79), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Eelkes van der Heide (82), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Barend Gerdinus van Dooijeweert (31), Leimuiden

• 1971 » Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
• 1971 » Braam van Straaten, South African rugby player
• 1971 » George Eustice, English lawyer and politician
• 1971 » Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Dita Von Teese, American model and dancer
• 1973 » Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
• 1974 » Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1974 » Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
• 1974 » Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1962 » Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1888)
• 1966 » André Breton, French author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
• 1970 » John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
• 1979 » John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1984 » Cihad Baban, Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1911)

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. David
14. Hendrik
15. Dennis
16. Ronald

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Wendy
7. Monique
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Patricia
13. Natasja
14. Karin
15. Nicole
16. Anita

• 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 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• April 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, have resigned.
• 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.
• July 21 » In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• September 11 » A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.

The temperature on September 28, 1973 was between 11.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.