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• Ralph Kellenaers, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Anoek Heine, Osdorp (Amsterdam) († 1976)
• Chrystal Jean Benson, Hew Hampshire († 2000)
• Ann BOURGEOIS, Gent, 99 († 1997)
• Thurmond Leroy Smith, Jacksonville,, Flevoland, Nederland († 1973)

• Adriaan van der Wende (71), Amsterdam
• Antonius van de Weijst (76), Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Marie Knapen (78), Deurne
• Christiaan Willem van Amsterdam (88), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Anne Klazes Jansen (38), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Smilde (65)
• Agnes Maria Dirks (67), Bakel
• Alice Jane Miller (73), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Antonie (Polman) Polmans (61), Amsterdam
• Chloe Barron Askew (61), USA

• 1971 » Carlos Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1971 » Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1972 » Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper († 2015)
• 1972 » Paul Devlin, English-Scottish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Roberto Mejía, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 » Adrien Brody, American actor
• 1973 » David Miller, American tenor
• 1973 » Hidetaka Suehiro, Japanese video game director and writer
• 1973 » Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 » Da Brat, American rapper

• 1963 » Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian monk and historian (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (b. 1907)
• 1964 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 » Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
• 1976 » José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1978 » F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)

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. Natasja
13. Karin
14. Patricia
15. Saskia
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.
• April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
• June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
• June 28 » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• September 19 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
• November 24 » A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.
• December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on April 14, 1973 was between -2.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.