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• Tricia Hovenga († 2018)

• Bernardus Wilhelmus Johannes Hendrikus Kemper (82), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca Totenberg (84), Oisterwijk
• Cornelis van der Goes (88)
• Anna Cornelia Maria van der SANDEN (73), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriaan van Winkelen (76), Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, VS
• Carolus Antoin (Rool) van Essen (78), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Kobes (73)
• Bertus Jacob Korevaart (56), Rotterdam
• Aly NIEMEIJER, Emmen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND
• Nicolaas Johannes Willebordus van Dieden (79), Vinkeveen

• 1971 » Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 » Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1972 » Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 » Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1973 » Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
• 1973 » Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1974 » Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1975 » John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 » Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Richard
10. Mark
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. Karin
13. Natasja
14. Nicole
15. Patricia
16. Saskia

• 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 22 » A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
• April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
• May 18 » Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
• October 19 » President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.

The temperature on April 1, 1973 was between 3.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.