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• Nathan William Paxman, Verenigde Statn († 1998)
• Marcel Zonneveld, Heemskerk († 2000)
• Augustinus Bernardus Johannes Koenders, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)
• Catelijne Keuker, Middelharnis
• Jürgen Desomville († 1990)

• Aartje van den Anker (94), Gameren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Delia Marie Jenkins (77), Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
• Cornelis Willeboordse (87), Middelburg
• Christina Wiltjer (85), Hammond, Lake, Indiana (USA)
• Cornelia Richard (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Joannes Maria van de Wouw (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin F Livingood (82), Harrison County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna C. Jedele (81)
• Delores Theresa BUDDEN (71), Cuba City, Grant, Wisconsin
• Count Alverado of Borghese (76)

• 1972 » Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
• 1972 » Mark Regan, English rugby player
• 1972 » Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
• 1974 » Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
• 1974 » Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
• 1974 » Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
• 1974 » Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 » Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
• 1975 » Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
• 1976 » Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player

• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• 1973 » John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)

• 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 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
• February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
• 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.
• August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• September 19 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
• December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

The temperature on January 28, 1973 was between 1.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.