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• Wendy Vermeiren, Turnhout († 1991)
• N.N. Vonk, Hoogkerk
• Marion ? van Veen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Wendy Vermeiren, Turnhout (B.) († 1991)

• Alfred Suv√©e (77), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgi√´
• Berend Jan Bloemen (75)
• Alfred Virgil Atkinson (75), Hyrum, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Dekker (70), Oudorp
• Austia Phillips (79), Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas
• Angèline Champoux (95), South Hadley, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Boeline Idema (52), Froombosch, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Blondina Poelmans (80), Neerpelt (B)
• Adrianus Josephus van den Ackerveken (83), Turnhout (België)
• Charles Louis Marie Hubert Hendrikx (85), Venlo, Lim, Nederland

• 1971 » Dannii Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 » Eddie Jones, American basketball player
• 1971 » Kamiel Maase, Dutch runner
• 1971 » Snoop Dogg, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1972 » Brian Schatz, American academic and politician, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
• 1972 » Pie Geelen, Dutch swimmer
• 1972 » Will Greenwood, English rugby player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Bashar Rahal, Emirati-American actor and producer
• 1974 » Ed Hale, American singer-songwriter, writer and socio-political activist
• 1974 » Brian Limond, Scottish comedian and writer

• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)
• 1978 » Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1983 » Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

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.
• January 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
• July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
• July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
• September 11 » JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

The temperature on October 20, 1973 was between 6.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.