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• Jelma Teakes Posseth († 1994)
• Maud Kraaijeveld, Heerlen († 2011)
• Andreas Bruin, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 1991)
• Onno Jelmer Jan Elich, Nunspeet († 1973)
• Richard van Dop, Delft († 2014)
• Marco Dijkshoorn († 2019)

• Bernardina Johanna Antonia Maria van der Ven (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kok (68), Groningen
• Allegonda Catharine Evelina Niesten (97), Cuijk
• Gerrit Van Zomeren (69), Groningen
• Alida Nieboer (87)
• Abra de Vries (83), Rotterdam
• Anna de Ridder (93), Crestwood, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Geertuida Meeuwisse (80), Middelburg
• abra de VRIES (83), rotterdam
• Anna Johanna Raaijmakers (78), Raamsdonksveer

• 1970 » Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 » Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter
• 1972 » Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Donnie Edwards, American football player
• 1973 » Randall Godfrey, American football player
• 1973 » Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress
• 1973 » Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
• 1975 » Hal Gill, American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1959 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
• 1977 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
• 1983 » Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)

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.
• April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
• 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.
• July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
• October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

The temperature on April 6, 1973 was between 4.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.