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• Katie van Doorsselaere, Gent, België († 1992)
• Rudy Antonius Sijs, Heerhugowaard
• Edwin Kouseband

• Anna Catharina Ulendorp (68), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriënne Edwardine Maria Thole (84), Hilversum
• Alex Julien SIMONIS (84), Aalst, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Bernardus Hubertus Leenders (59), Vaals
• Bietje Johanna van Blokland (78), Utrecht
• Adriaan Gijsbertsz van Duijn (33), Noordzee
• Ada Nijdeken (46), Enkhuizen,Gemeente Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Krikke (87), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Duijn (33), Op zee
• Catharina Maria Hendrika van Bokhoven (76), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1971 » Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
• 1971 » Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
• 1971 » Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 » Ewan Birney, Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK
• 1972 » Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician
• 1972 » Rick Short, American baseball player
• 1974 » Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1974 » Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)

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.
• August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
• October 8 » Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
• November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
• December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.

The temperature on December 6, 1973 was between 2.4 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.