About the day » Tuesday January 9, 1973Calender converter

• Cornelis Wisse († 2020)
• Kristiaan Vandenbosch, Genk, België († 2014)
• Edwin Wijnhoven, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1992)
• Mascha Henning, Wierden († 2013)
• Johanna Maria van der Velden, Nederhorst den Berg Noord-Holland († 1977)

• Betje Doetjes (83), Amsterdam
• Alida Margaretha Maria Liefting (60)
• Arie Mechiel Johannes Noorlander (74), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Arnoldus Lambertus BUIJS (75), den bosch
• Aaltje Kremer (74), Weststellingwerf, Wolvega
• Arnold Christiaan Lührman (77), Rotterdam
• Arie Machiel Johannes Noorlander (74), Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Pieter Broere (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arnold Christiaan Lührman (77), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Theunissen (69), Brunssum

• 1968 » Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 » Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1971 » Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic
• 1971 » Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Jay Powell, American baseball player
• 1972 » Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
• 1973 » Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor
• 1975 » James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
• 1976 » Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player

• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 » Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
• 1972 » Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1975 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1975 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 » Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)

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 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• 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.
• July 11 » Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
• August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
• November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
• December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

The temperature on January 9, 1973 was between 2.7 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.