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• Chrystal Ann Blaylock, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Daniel James 'Danny' Bodden († 2022)
• Edwin Grobbe († 2011)
• Richard Arles Von Oertel, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• Catharina Maria Lambers (84), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Otterlo (70)
• Carel Beumer (65), Amsterdam
• Annemarie Wories (41), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Paulus Brugman (66), Arnhem
• Carl Edward Goldthwait (88), Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis van Ruiten (80), Bavel
• August Vieren (73), Veurne
• Adrianus van Toledo (75), Schiedam
• Antje SIP (73)

• 1972 » Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
• 1972 » Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
• 1973 » James Foley, American photographer and journalist († 2014)
• 1973 » Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
• 1973 » Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1973 » Sarah Winckless, English rower
• 1973 » Stephen Allan, Australian golfer
• 1974 » Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1974 » Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
• 1974 » Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer

• 1973 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
• 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
• 1977 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
• 1978 » Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)

• 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 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
• April 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, have resigned.
• October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
• November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
• November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).

The temperature on October 18, 1973 was between 0.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.