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• Sarah Ann Thrall

• Catharina Johanna Polderman (82), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Rijsewijk (70), Gilze en Rijen
• Count Alfons of Mensdorff Pouilly (82)
• Antonius WITKAMP (83), Vianen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Hettinga (58)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maas (76), Grieth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Albertus Tjeerd (Bert) Veerman (77), Arnhem, Nederland
• Elsa Ziemann (60), Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Aafje Dienaar (67), Den Helder
• Antonius van Grootel (77), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1971 » Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
• 1972 » Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
• 1973 » Dida, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1973 » Priest Holmes, American football player
• 1973 » Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1974 » Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
• 1974 » Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
• 1974 » Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer

• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1966 » Johnny Kidd, English singer songwriter (b. 1935)
• 1967 » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
• 1983 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)

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.
• April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• August 23 » A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
• October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

The temperature on October 7, 1973 was between 12.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.