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• Ingrid Alexandra Split, hoogvliet
• Maarten Jan van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Pieter Bas van Zalinge († 2006)
• Anita Schraal († 1974)
• Anita Schraal († 1974)
• Gido Johannes Griffioen, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel († 1997)
• Laurens Kok, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Adrianus Cornelis Meijer (88), Amstelveen
• Dirk Eggink (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van den Ham (66), Nijmegen
• Antonie den Braven (67), Leerdam (ZH NL)
• Anna Elisabeth Veltmans (83)
• Aris Diepeveen (72), Ede
• Coralie Charlotte Maria, Gräfin von Oberndorff (0), Brussel, Brabant, Belgium
• Celina de Moraes Rosa (63), Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antonius Bernardus Maria Cleiren (16), Bergen op Zoom, NB Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Damen (87), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1971 » Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1972 » Cory Lidle, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1972 » Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1972 » Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
• 1973 » Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
• 1974 » Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 » Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
• 1975 » Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
• 1975 » Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player

• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1977 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1979 » Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
• 1981 » James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)

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.
• February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
• July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• September 23 » Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
• November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).

The temperature on March 22, 1973 was between -0.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.