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• Albert Marco Koekoek, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Marie Claire Dekker († 1993)
• Carmen Morsink († 2015)
• Marie-Claire Dekker († 1993)
• Wim (Willem?) van der Heiden († 1992)
• Steven Fredrick Dijkstra (Dykstra), Londen, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada († 1988)
• Wim van der Heiden († 1992)

• Cathatrina Jacoba Maria van der Veldt (61), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Adriana Johanna Canters (63)
• Achiel Carrebrouck (83), Oostende
• Alexander Onassis (24), Athína, Periferiaki Enotita Kendrikou Tomea Athinon, Attiki, Griekenland
• Achiel SEGERS (58), Gentbrugge,9050,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albert Beuving (82), Appelscha
• Alexander van Hulst (13), Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Joseph Lammers (82), Amsterdam
• Charles Merrill Chapin (74), New Jersey, United States of America
• Anna Maria Thecla Jansen (85), Wietmarschen

• 1971 » Kevin Mawae, American football player and coach
• 1971 » Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Scott Gibbs, Welsh-South African rugby player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
• 1973 » Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974 » Glen Chapple, English cricketer
• 1974 » Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress
• 1974 » Richard T. Slone, English painter
• 1974 » Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
• 1974 » Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player

• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)
• 1971 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
• 1973 » Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
• 1973 » Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)

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. Natasja
13. Saskia
14. Patricia
15. Karin
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 8 » Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
• January 22 » A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• 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.
• May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• 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.

The temperature on January 23, 1973 was between 0.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.