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• Jannie Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 2019)
• Edwin Arjen Brams Bergsma († 2004)
• Jacob Gezinus de Boer, Enschede (NL) († 2000)

• Charles Henry Renwick (74), Cavalier, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States of America
• Anna Catharina Rietra (80), Heerlerbaan, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Kerssemakers (64), Nijmegen
• Catharina Maria Peiffer (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van der Aa (60), Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelaïde DELAUTRE (61), Calonne-Ricouart(62)... Hauts de France
• Agatha Miedema (72), Utrecht
• Annie Johanna Wilhelmina Maria van Meer (52), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cathalina Filius (72), Middelburg, Nederland
• Charles C. Stidham (85)

• 1970 » Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Julie Bowen, American actress
• 1971 » Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1971 » Tyler Florence, American chef and author
• 1972 » Darren Anderton, English international footballer, midfielder and sportscaster
• 1973 » Matthew Marsden, English actor and martial artist
• 1973 » Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• 1974 » David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
• 1976 » Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress († 2017)

• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

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.
• January 8 » Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
• March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 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 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
• November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

The temperature on March 3, 1973 was between 1.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.