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• Waltherus Marinus Gerardus Maria van Harssel, Etten-Leur

• Bartholomeus Maria Wolf (54), Groesbeek (Dekkerswald)
• Egbert Prent (48), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Scheerman (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Emilie van Rossem (76), Bloemendaal
• Emilie van Rossem (76), Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Duijvelaar (81), Roosendaal en Nispen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Cyrillus Achiel DECROOS (96), Beauvoorde,8630,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arie Nieuwdorp (89), Kapelle, ZL, NL
• Douwe Luik (67), Nieuw Weerdinge
• Dubbele Fransz Korf (90), IJmuiden

• 1972 » Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 » Nicky Morgan, British politician
• 1972 » Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
• 1973 » Christian Borle, American actor and singer
• 1973 » Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 » John Mackey, American composer
• 1973 » John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 » Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1974 » Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)

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.
• May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
• July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
• October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
• October 20 » "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
• December 3 » Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
• December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

The temperature on October 1, 1973 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.