About the day » Monday May 21, 1973Calender converter

• Anouk Klijsen († 2011)
• Joyce Francisca Adriana Henric van Son, Tilburg († 1973)
• Nike Gilhuijs, Enschede
• Johanna Wilhelmina Maria Withagen, Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• levenloos geboren zoontje († 1973)

• Alma Pauline Brunt (79), Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States
• Catharina van Iwaarden (57), Bergen op Zoom
• Elisabeth Maria Bosch (45), Mierlo-Hout
• Elisabeth Maria Bosch (45), Mierlo-Hout
• Dirk Leonardus Oosterlee (91)
• Dulcie Marie Bowers (90), Lima, Allen, Ohio
• Christiaan Joseph Frans Wijers (79), Lausanne, Vaud, Zwitserland
• Barend Cosijnse (74)
• Charles Cecil Mudgway (82), Levin, Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
• Adriana de Best (87), Katwijk

• 1970 » Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
• 1970 » Dorsey Levens, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper († 1997)
• 1973 » Noel Fielding, English comedian, musician and television presenter
• 1973 » Stewart Cink, American golfer
• 1974 » Aditi Gowitrikar, Indian model, actress, and physician, Mrs. World 2001
• 1974 » Brad Arthur, Australian rugby league coach
• 1974 » Fairuza Balk, American actress
• 1974 » Havoc, American rapper and producer
• 1975 » Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer

• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)
• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1983 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)

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 4 » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
• April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
• November 8 » The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
• 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 21, 1973 was between 11.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.