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• Johanna Elisabeth Broeders, Gilze en Rijen
• Daniel Lee SCHEARS, Waupun (Do) († 1990)
• Daniel Lee Schears, Waupun (Do) († 1990)

• Aaltje Wennink (88), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Balster Post (74), Groningen (NL)
• Alberta Lena Meijer (73), Heerde
• Antje Diever (62)
• Alberdina Dubbelboer (81), Stadskanaal
• Bernardo Snijders (0), Doesburg Gelderland Nederland
• Catharina Mackenbach (93), Den Haag, prov. Zuid-Holland
• Camille De Blauwe (70)
• Alida van Kuijk (75), Rotterdam
• Balster Post (74), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1971 » Denise Richards, American model and actress
• 1972 » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
• 1972 » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1972 » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
• 1973 » Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian FR Yugoslavia international footballer, defender († 2018)
• 1973 » Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
• 1974 » Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)

• 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 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
• June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• September 11 » A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
• November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
• December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

The temperature on February 17, 1973 was between -2.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.