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• Mettje Elisabeth Trientje van der Laan, Kollummerzwaag

• Antje de Haas (71), Dedgum
• Arend Jan Afink (82), Almelo
• * Arendje Groen (62), Velsen
• Anthony Bernard "Andy" Sweeney (80), Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aloys Julianus GOVAERTS (66), Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albertus van Bruggen (93), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje de Vries (85), Culemborg
• Annie Ironside Miller ** (85), Quebec, Canada
• Anna Maria Kusters (70), Maastricht
• Christianus Roovers (70), Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1971 » Dido, English singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
• 1972 » Mac Powell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 » Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner
• 1973 » Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
• 1973 » Chris Harris, American wrestler
• 1973 » Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1973 » Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach
• 1975 » Daniel Mustard, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player

• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)
• 1975 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
• 1980 » Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)

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.
• March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
• May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• 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.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• September 11 » JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
• November 22 » The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.

The temperature on December 25, 1973 was between 2.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.