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• Miranda van Renswoude, Oost-Souburg
• Henry van Vemde, Nunspeet, Nederland († 2001)
• Wouterus Johannes de Vos, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Richard Tyler III, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Mathilde Theodora Rouw, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid Holland († 1973)

• Bertus Stam (82)
• Aaltje Hasenoot (80), Katwijk
• Aleid Kamp (88), Kampen
• Bernardus Johannes Emanuel van den Bos (69), Terneuzen
• Albertus Franciscus van der Vloet (78), Boxtel
• Aaltje Hasenoot (80), Katwijk
• Antje Kloppenburg (51), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Ary Aryszn Valkenburg (75)
• Carl Friedrich Weber (64), Wernigerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Albertus van Veen (84), Schiedam

• 1971 » Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 » Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Paul Wilson, Australian cricketer and umpire
• 1972 » Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician
• 1973 » Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer
• 1973 » Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1974 » Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 » Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
• 1975 » Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1975 » Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)

• 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.
• May 18 » Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
• October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
• November 7 » The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

The temperature on January 12, 1973 was between -1.4 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.