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• Rodrigo Dias de Oliveira, Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil († 2011)
• Carl Brooks
• Henry William Dixon († 2014)
• Liesbet Elsje DE BOEVER, Blankenberge, 8370, West-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
• Dorothy Margaret Glen
• An DE BOEVER, Blankenberge, 8370, West-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
• Edith Jong, 't Veld († 2013)
• Angela Andréia Henz, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1973)
• Derrick WILSON († 1996)

• Cornelia Maria Ludovica van den Reijsen (85), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Hoog van 't (84), Gouda Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Aletta Kortekaas (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Charles William* BROWN (86), Logan, Cache, Utah
• Andrzej Kiliszek vel Kieliszewski (86), Warszawa
• Carolina Wilhelmina Kruijer (86), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roos (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• antonetta Derijck (76), st.Willebrord
• Carolina Wilhelmina Kruijer (86), Bussum
• Alfred Petrus De Spiegeleire (90), Sint-Amandsberg

• 1971 » Eric Mabius, American actor
• 1971 » Spencer Prior, English footballer
• 1972 » Milka Duno, Venezuelan race car driver and engineer
• 1972 » Owen Finegan, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 » Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player
• 1972 » Sergei Hohlov-Simson, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1972 » Willie Robertson, American hunter and businessman
• 1973 » Adem Poric, English-Australian footballer
• 1973 » Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer and manager
• 1974 » Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American bass player, songwriter, and producer

• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Jane Froman, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (b. 1905)

• 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.
• June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
• July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
• July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

The temperature on April 22, 1973 was between 1.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.