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• WIM VAN DEN BRANDEN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1987)
• Arno van der Sloot († 2022)
• Derek James Neymeyer, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Jane Therese Burr, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Waltherus Johannes Maria Verheijen, Gilze en Rijen
• Anita Barbara van Kesteren, Hilversum
• Brian Scott Hunt, Elk-WA-USA († 2014)

• Christina Elisabeth Wateler (91), Driebergen, Utrecht, NL
• Christine Roy (74), New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Cornelia Maria van Balkom (79), Velsen, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Helena van Rhijn (77), Rotterdam
• Annigje den Burger (75)
• Alwine Sophie Borchert (77), Gera
• Dirk Jan Lensink (74), Arnhem
• Ben Fedders (68), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Arentje Kleijn (88), Rotterdam
• Aart Nummerdor (61), ......

• 1970 » Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
• 1971 » Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1972 » Alexandra Tydings, American actress, director, writer and producer
• 1972 » Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
• 1973 » Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Surya Bonaly, French figure skater
• 1974 » Garath Archer, English rugby player
• 1974 » P. J. Byrne American actor
• 1975 » Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper

• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)

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. Natasja
13. Saskia
14. Patricia
15. Karin
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 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• January 27 » The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
• February 27 » The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• August 22 » The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
• October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.

The average temperature on December 15, 1973 was 2.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.