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• Patrick Odink († 1973)
• Daniel Hendrikus Maria Blokhuis, Hengelo († 1988)
• Gerrie Kolkman († 1996)
• Wander Johannes VAN COMMENÉE, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2009)
• Michelle Drobitsch, Chicago

• Anne (annes) Meinema (75)
• ALBERT DARGIS, Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
• Catharina Elisabeth Maas (63), Breda
• Bernardus TABAK (65), Middelstum Groningen Netherlands
• Abrahamina Louisa Wilhelmina barones Sweerts de Landas (77), Nice,06000,Alpes-Maritimes,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
• Cornelia Johanna Visser (71)
• Anne Meinema (75)
• Arnoldus Johannes Clappers (76)
• Albert Teloh (64)
• Berend Geerts (100), Westerbork, Nederland

• 1970 » Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1971 » Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1971 » Sonia Evans, English singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Todd Williams, American baseball player
• 1972 » Charlie Garner, American football player
• 1972 » Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuanian discus thrower
• 1974 » Fonzworth Bentley, American rapper and actor
• 1974 » Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Ben Collins, English race car driver
• 1975 » Katie Hopkins, English media personality and columnist

• 1964 » Paulino Alcántara, Filipino-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Portia White, Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
• 1975 » André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
• 1980 » David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)

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.
• July 5 » A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• August 23 » A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
• October 6 » Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
• October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The temperature on February 13, 1973 was between 0.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.