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• Leanne Nicole LOTHIAN, Hastings, Victoria, Australia († 1986)
• Basje Struijs, Etten-Leur († 1973)
• Kris,Michel,Maria Lambrechts, Geel, België († 2007)
• Gerrit-Yme jansen († 2022)
• Joshua Jason Mongar († 2016)
• Marcel Brinks, Emmen

• Anna Hendrika Witjes (89)
• Agnes Evaline (Eva) Hawks (85), Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States of America
• Adrianus van Eijck (76), Wageningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Beers (69), Texel
• Abraham Neuteboom (93), Leiden
• arie Westmaas (59), pijnacker
• Barend (Berend) Navest (83), Ede
• Arres Jan Willem van der Grift (80), -
• Anna Henrika Witjes (89), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Mietje Kors (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1966 » Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
• 1967 » Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1968 » Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
• 1968 » Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
• 1970 » Heather Graham, American actress
• 1970 » Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
• 1970 » Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram († 2009)
• 1970 » Paul Ryan, American economist and politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1970 » Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
• 1975 » Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host

• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
• 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)

• 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.
• April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
• August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
• November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

The temperature on January 29, 1973 was between 4.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.