About the day » Thursday December 13, 1973Calender converter

• Galen LEFERS († 2002)
• Jeremy David Potgeter, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Crystal Bell MORTELL, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Marjolein Kooiman, Enkhuizen
• Hsiu-Ping Chen, Taipei (Chi) († 2019)
• Thibaut Laurent Chantal Renelde Marie Joseph Ghislain DUMONT de CHASSART, Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, 25121, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 2022)
• Eduard N (Ed) Smit, Volendam
• Michael James (Mick) DALEY († 2010)
• Jason James Anderson, Akron, Iowa († 2001)

• Alfred Evan Foster (73), Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Cornelis Maria Spijkers (82), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Arend Scholten (61), Sneek
• Audie Gibson ***** (75), Butler, Choctaw, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Alida van der Boon (92), Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Elizabeth van der Werff (90), 's Gravenhage
• Arend Roelofs Hartman (81), Hoogeveen 3
• Alijda Roest (82)
• Achiel Gentiel GOEMAERE (73), Kortrijk,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Antonia Neeltje van Ewijk (61), Tiel

• 1971 » Leanne Wood, Welsh academic and politician
• 1971 » Naomi Long, Northern Irish engineer and politician, 54th Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1971 » Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and record executive
• 1971 » Scott Sattler, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Chris Grant, Australian footballer
• 1972 » James Murdoch, Australian-American businessman, son of Rupert Murdoch
• 1974 » Sara Cox, English broadcaster
• 1975 » Bates Battaglia, American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Kostas Kiassos, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Tom DeLonge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1962 » Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)
• 1979 » Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Jon Hall, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)

• 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.
• May 29 » Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• 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 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
• November 7 » The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
• November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
• December 21 » The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.

The temperature on December 13, 1973 was between 3.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.