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• Loek Jansen, Emmen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Gerritje van den Hoorn, Elspeet (Nunspeet) († 1973)
• Ralf Rothmund, Pfullendorf († 1982)
• H. Regts

• Alebina Maat (70), Vlaardingen (Vlaardingen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Adrianus Boei (59)
• Adrianus Verharen (61), Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christiaan van der Feltz (100), Hardenberg
• Aaldert Scholten (92), Zwolle
• Belia Dobbelstein (80), Vlaardingen
• Belia Dobbelstein (80), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Brinkman (62), Amsterdam
• Charles Janssen (72), Den Haag
• Conrardus Houben (79), Rotem, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1971 » Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1971 » Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
• 1972 » Ang Christou, Australian footballer
• 1972 » Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
• 1972 » Joe Horn, American football player and coach
• 1972 » Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
• 1972 » Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1974 » John Hopoate, Tongan-Australian rugby league player and boxer
• 1974 » Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
• 1974 » Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1967 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)

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 24 » Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
• April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
• May 29 » Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

The temperature on January 16, 1973 was between -2.8 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.