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• Driss Boudih, Taza, Al Hoceima, Marokko
• Rob Jansen, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 2011)
• Tanya Lynn Reitsma, Burns Lake, BC, Canada
• Peter Michael BARRETT († 2006)
• Freerk Zijl, Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Gijsbert MOESBERGEN († 1973)
• Loltje Elske Noordenbos, Leeuwarden († 2001)
• Arjan Gerardus Pellekooren, Boskoop († 2014)
• Yvette Jennifer (Yvette) Post, Zwolle († 2012)
• Richard (Ries) Keizer († 2025)

• Anna Maria van der Geest (78), Leimuiden
• Barbara Leijs (62), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonse Stassens (58), Sint-Truiden, België
• Catharinus Eveleens (70), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Alida Maria Wilhelmina Spruijt (81), 's Gravezande
• Berend Haaijer (86)
• Brita Johanna Persdotter Wassdal (84), Gäddede, Strömsund, Jämtland Z-Län, Sweden
• Albert W Massey (70), Bryan, Brazos, Texas, United States of America
• Albertus van der Weide (74), Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Kluitenberg (62), Hardenberg

• 1971 » Olari Elts, Estonian conductor
• 1972 » Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach
• 1972 » Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
• 1973 » Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 1973 » Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
• 1973 » Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
• 1974 » Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
• 1974 » Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
• 1975 » Chris Carpenter, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 » Rabih Abdullah, American football player

• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)

• 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 3 » Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
• May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
• 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 27, 1973 was between 2.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.