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• Mike Kroesen, Nijmegen († 1974)
• Anthonius van Dijk, Gouda († 1980)
• Geert Slosse, Gent († 2016)
• Raf Maesen, Neerpelt († 2004)
• Glenn Josef Kuys
• Susan Cools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1985)
• N.N. Versluijs, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Alexander Cremers (57), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Antonia Boogers (60), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ellen Flamand (76), Cascade, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Dijs (74)
• Angelina Josephina IJSSCHOL (86), Heist-op-den-Berg (B)
• Aagje Martijn (86), Rotterdam
• Alexander Speijers (87), Oranje Naussau's Oord, Wageningen
• Bartholomëus van Gelderen (14), Assendelft NH NL
• Alexander(3) Speijers (87)
• Anna Cornelia Verkaart (75), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » Jim Furyk, American golfer
• 1970 » Mark Foster, English swimmer
• 1970 » Samantha Mathis, American actress
• 1971 » Doug Basham, American wrestler
• 1971 » Jamie Luner, American actress
• 1972 » Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer
• 1973 » Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mackenzie Astin, American actor
• 1975 » Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player († 2015)
• 1975 » Ricky Ortiz, American professional wrestler and football player

• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)

• 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.
• May 17 » Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• October 21 » Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
• October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
• November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
• December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

The temperature on May 12, 1973 was between 1.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.