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• Maria Johanna Claassens, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Randy Robert Hallett, Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota († 2006)
• Klaas Barteld de Jong, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Hendrik Berend JAGER, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)
• Durk Simon ten Dam, Akkrum

• Agnes Schmidt` (78), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
• Antonius Cornelis Willem van Dijk (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Oosterhuis (88), Uithuizermeeden
• Bernard "Ben" Smit (69), Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA
• Adrianus Reinieren (79), Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Athol Ransom (45), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Antonius Cornelis Willem van Dijk (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Snippe (77), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus SEGERS (57), Lommel,3920,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Carrie Leona McCain Salters (82), Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

• 1969 » Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1969 » Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 » Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 » Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
• 1971 » Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
• 1973 » Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
• 1973 » Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1974 » Naseem Hamed, English boxer
• 1976 » Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player

• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• 1975 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)

• 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.
• April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• July 29 » Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• November 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
• December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on February 12, 1973 was between 2.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 21.0 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.