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• Kor Finke, Deventer
• Yvonne Florence Groeneveld, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Charlotte Matilda Larson (89), Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Franken (65), Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Struik (84), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Meijde (62), Spijkenisse
• Christianus Jacobus Jozephus van der Ende (61), Delft
• Bregje Dekker (81), Bloemendaal, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arie, Dirk Stam (85), Amsterdam (noord-holland)
• Catharina Schram (83), Amsterdam
• Ane Jan ANEMA (78), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Calvin Algernon Butler (89), Oak Grove, LA

• 1971 » Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
• 1971 » Jason Sehorn, American football player
• 1971 » Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player
• 1972 » Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer († 2009)
• 1972 » Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
• 1974 » Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
• 1974 » Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
• 1974 » Mike Quinn, American football player
• 1974 » Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player

• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
• 1979 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
• 1982 » Arthur Lowe, English actor (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. 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 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• April 4 » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
• September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• October 19 » President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
• November 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

The temperature on April 15, 1973 was between 5.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.