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• Tricia Lynn Zeilstra, Oak Park, IL
• Adam McChain Tilley, Bucklin, Kansas († 1973)
• Esther Zilversmit, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 2003)
• Rolandus Levinius Cornelis Keijenberg, Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Dirk Bourgonjen (72), Zwolle
• Antonius Joannes de Hilster (71)
• Arend Johan Beltman (68), Alexandri�, Egypte
• Anthonius Johannes Copier (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ARIE MOERMAN (92), OOSTVOORNE
• Cornelia Elisabeth Brouwers (86), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Arend Moerman (78), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Küppers (83), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Arent Hateboer (75), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Lou Anderson (81), Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States

• 1971 » Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Frank Cuesta, Spanish television presenter
• 1971 » Paul Sparks, American actor
• 1972 » Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author
• 1972 » Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host
• 1973 » David Unsworth, English footballer and manager
• 1973 » Justin Credible, American wrestler
• 1974 » Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
• 1974 » Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1972 » Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1973 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1978 » Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Richard
10. Mark
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. Karin
14. Patricia
15. Saskia
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 7 » In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
• March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
• May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
• July 12 » A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
• October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• November 24 » A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.

The temperature on October 16, 1973 was between 4.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.