About the day » Saturday February 24, 1973Calender converter

• Harmen Arnold Wesseling († 2010)
• Pasterkamp († 1973)
• Marco Wijnants, Sint-Truiden, België († 2006)
• Kari Lynn Vos († 2023)

• Doetje Wiggers van der Veer (85)
• Cornelia Mechelina Zeebregts (89), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle
• Cornelis Jozinus van Schuppen (83)
• Adrianus Noordam (69), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Barend van de Kamp (43)
• Pasterkamp (0)
• barend van LEENEN (55), numansdorp
• Antoon Joseph Dupont (73), Vught
• Cornelia Mechelina Zeebregts (89), Goirle (Goirle) (Noord-Brabant)
• * Jan de Haas (62), 's Gravenhage

• 1971 » Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author
• 1971 » Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
• 1972 » Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
• 1973 » Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
• 1973 » Chris Fehn, American drummer
• 1973 » Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Bonnie Somerville, American actress
• 1974 » Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1974 » Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

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.
• May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​⁄₅, an as-yet unbeaten record.
• May 17 » Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
• 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 20 » Singer Jim Croce, songwiter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
• October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
• December 3 » Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

The temperature on February 24, 1973 was between -3.6 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.