About the day » Thursday May 31, 1973Calender converter

• Frank Teurlings, Tilburg († 2014)
• Charis Fay Hansen-Pickard
• Frank Teurlings, Tilburg († 2014)
• Stephanie Michele Potts, Ogden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1986)
• Charles W. Yarnell, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 1997)

• Aafke Roetciçoender (85)
• Arnoldus Symons (85), Weeze, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Aafje Konijn (77), Schermer, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Egges van Giffen (89), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie van Harskamp (64), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Anna Gerdina Budding (55), Kesteren (gd)
• Antonie Koudijs (84)
• Anetta Ferguson McCRACKEN (81), Henley Beach South, Greater Adelaide, SA. 5022
• * Gerardus Josephus van Zelst (68)
• Antonia Grondhuis (89), Zwolle

• 1971 » Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger
• 1972 » Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer, goalkeeper and coach
• 1972 » Archie Panjabi, Indo-British actress
• 1972 » Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer
• 1972 » Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
• 1974 » Chad Campbell, American golfer
• 1974 » Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1975 » Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 » Colin Farrell, Irish actor

• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)

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.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
• August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• October 31 » Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
• November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 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 31, 1973 was between 10.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.