About the day » Thursday May 3, 1973Calender converter

• Marieke Sara Sheffy, Warren (NJ)
• Trijntje Mulder, Harich († 1975)
• Linda Spaan († 1973)
• Joseph Edwin FARNSWORTH, Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 2001)
• Willem van den Hoogen († 1974)
• Tom Leonard Lorijnen, Leiderdorp († 2000)
• Marjan Wesselink († 2022)
• Tanja Kaal, Apeldoorn († 1982)

• Andre Nobus (56), Knokke-Heist
• Antonia Kusters (76), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphons(e) Hogenboom (77), Maastricht
• Alphonsine Denise Dubet (81), Paris
• Anna Sondausky (62), Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Antonia Willemina Slinkman (55)
• Alagonda Silena Eikenbroek (62), Delft
• Age de VRIES (87), Velsen, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Medema (80), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Blokland (62), Rotterdam

• 1971 » Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party
• 1972 » Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
• 1973 » Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host
• 1975 » Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
• 1976 » Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1977 » Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach

• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)

• 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 7 » In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, before being shot to death by police officers.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
• July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• September 20 » Singer Jim Croce, songwiter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
• November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

The temperature on May 3, 1973 was between 6.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 21.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.