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• Ank Tromp, Castricum († 2003)
• Charlene Duffy, Fort Augustus, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Cornelius Maria de Bie, Oirschot

• Cornelius Josephus Maris (83), Grazen, België
• Cornelis den Breejen (75), Amsterdam
• Albert, Jan, Gerrit Krommendam (84), Azelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Schraepen (58)
• Anna Petronella Rijsdijk (84)
• Beatrix (Jaat) Damen (80), Susteren
• Diena HONCOOP (99), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bianca Gerarda Bakker (0), Heerhugowaard
• Carl Samuel Kauffman (60), Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
• Cristiano Deschamps (0), Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1971 » David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
• 1971 » Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
• 1971 » Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
• 1972 » Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
• 1972 » Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 » Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
• 1974 » Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974 » Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower

• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
• 1982 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

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. Karin
13. Patricia
14. Nicole
15. Natasja
16. Saskia

• 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.
• June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
• August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
• August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
• September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
• November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

The temperature on October 8, 1973 was between 12.5 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.