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• Celeste Lynn Bruins, Fremont, Michigan
• Raquel Maria Kasbergen, Belo Horizonte († 1980)
• Charlotte Minderman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Mike Ellsworth Ebanks, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2006)
• Brigitte Teunesen († 1992)
• Yvonne Elisabeth Simone Maria(Yvonne) van der Zalm, Noordwijk

• André Brahim jr. (10), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Adrianus Loos (79), Essen B
• Anthonij Gerrit Jan de Moree (58), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertje Bertha Kleinpaste (87), Hollandale (Freeborn County)
• Adriana Dekker (73), Sliedrecht
• Alberdina Sibrijns (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Rotscheidt (86), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Koops (84), Kampen
• Bernardina Gertruda van Dijk (74), Zaandam
• Anna Maria Breugelmans (85), Roosendaal (Nl)

• 1971 » Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 » Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host
• 1971 » Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
• 1972 » Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
• 1972 » Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach
• 1972 » Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
• 1973 » Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 » Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
• 1973 » Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
• 1974 » Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter

• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Beatrice Tinsley, English-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1941)
• 1981 » Mike Hailwood, English motorcyclist (b. 1940)

• 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 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• November 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
• December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.

The temperature on March 23, 1973 was between -2.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.