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• Gert Jan Wit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)
• Martine (Martine Margriet) Godschalk, Putten, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelia Marquerink, NieuwerAmstel
• Barthélémy Savary de Beauregard († 2002)
• Roeland Jan Wit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)

• Cornelia Anna Riemens (82), Oostburg
• Beatrice Woods (69), Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia van Loosdregt (87), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Kluft (77), Den Helder
• Aurelia Annette Bosch (68), Groningen
• Cornelis Marinus Koudijs (61), Leersum
• Anneke Folkertsd Leenstra (72)
• Cornelia van Loosdregt (87), Best
• Abraham Jan Roodbergen (64), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Johanna van der Kwast

• 1971 » Chris Cook, American race car driver
• 1971 » Corey Haim, Canadian actor († 2010)
• 1971 » Jo Johnson, English banker, journalist, and politician
• 1971 » Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
• 1971 » Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model, actress, and author († 2017)
• 1971 » Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
• 1972 » Christian Potenza, Canadian actor, voice actor and singer
• 1972 » Morgan, Italian singer-songwriter and composer
• 1974 » Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 » Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2004)

• 1961 » Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)
• 1970 » Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)
• 1973 » Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (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. Natasja
13. Patricia
14. Karin
15. Nicole
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 22 » A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• September 20 » Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.

The temperature on December 23, 1973 was between 1.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.