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• Monique Werkman, Apeldoorn {GE}
• Hugo Leo Klomberg, Lichtenvoorde
• Erwin Visser († 1973)
• Shahaira Manzana, Curaçao

• Johannes Cornelis van Hilten (86), Utrecht
• Abraham de DOES (71), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van der Weide (91), Wolvega
• Bertha Maria Amelinck (77), Gent
• Anna Cornelia van Geel (75), Breda, Nederland
• Antje Zuur (87), Odoorn
• Aart Albert van Amerongen (59), Amsterdam
• Adelbertus DE VROOME (40), Amsterdam (NL/NH)
• Adrianus Maria Spapens (52), Tilburg
• Anneke van Kuijl (50), Bristol, UK

• 1972 » Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker
• 1972 » Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
• 1972 » Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
• 1973 » Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
• 1973 » Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist
• 1973 » Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1973 » Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
• 1973 » Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 » Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1974 » Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter

• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
• 1966 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)

• 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 27 » The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
• March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• October 8 » Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
• November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
• December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

The temperature on January 18, 1973 was between 0.8 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.