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• Joel Leslie ROCKLIFF, Albury, New South Wales, Australia († 1973)
• Jan Hendrik Bekman († 1973)
• Adrianus Julius van Baal, Halsteren
• Antonius P. Braat, Made, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Jounairi Janice Franciska, Curaçao

• Albertus Knapper (77), Roseland, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Bruinink (84), ...........
• "Michel" Bernard Marie Bénigne Carrelet de Loisy d'Arcelot (60), Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or, France
• Albertus Kerkdijk (80), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bessel Bouw (73)
• Cornelis HOOGENDOORN (76), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• albertus knapper (77), roseland minnesota (usa)
• (5) Jeanne Marie Thérèse VACHER (79), Monaco, 98000,, MONACO
• Cornelia van der Es (77), Oud-Beijerland
• Charles Albert Shelton (48), Dewitt, Arkansas, Arkansas

• 1972 » Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
• 1972 » Dominika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
• 1972 » Eduardo Paret, Cuban baseball player
• 1972 » Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander-American actress
• 1972 » Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Kate del Castillo, Mexican actress
• 1972 » Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
• 1973 » Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
• 1974 » Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
• 1974 » Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower

• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1990 » Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)

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 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• 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.
• May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
• October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
• October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
• 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 23, 1973 was between 4.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.