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• Gerrit Anton Willems († 1973)
• Ludo Janssens, Geel (B), België († 1993)
• Titus Alexander Kornelis Helmantel, Kommerzijl, Gem. Zuidhorn († 1973)

• Arie den Engelsman (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Antoon van Duijnhoven (79), Venray
• Bertha Koppenol (81), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Alida Van den Wijngaert (64), Duffel, Provincie Antwerpen
• Cornelia van de Berg (80), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Venema (81), -
• Aaltje Bijlsma (77)
• Cornela Zaal (49), Utrecht {UT}
• Anna Theresia Mensen (77), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde
• Albert van der Meer (78), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa

• 1972 » Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 » Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1973 » Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
• 1973 » Proof, American rapper and actor († 2006)
• 1973 » Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1974 » Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
• 1974 » Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
• 1974 » Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
• 1974 » Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer

• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)

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. Natasja
14. Nicole
15. Patricia
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.
• 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.
• October 6 » Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
• 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.
• December 17 » Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.

The temperature on October 2, 1973 was between 4.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.