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• Hermanus Antonius Petrus van Zundert, Lage Zwaluwe († 2009)
• Eveline Plomp, Sliedrecht († 2016)
• Charmaine ESTERHUIZEN, Boksburg († 1973)
• Katherine (Kathy) Denise Huizinga, QVMH Rose Park South Australia († 1996)
• Mannelijk Lagast, Moederhuis Sint Anna, Sint Annarei, Brugge († 1973)
• Tracy Anne Lehmkuhl, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Emily Nicole Veldhuis, ....... († 1974)
• Klaasje Gerdien (Karin) Koster, Rijssen, Nederland († 2022)
• Susan Maria, Susanne Juurling, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1978)
• Suleika KORTEWEG

• Clasina Hemelop (51), Rotterdam
• Anna (Antje) Striezenau (84), Eindhoven, Nord-Brabant, Holland
• Aafje Oostwouder (76)
• Anna Gertrudis Sevriens (82)
• Anna Wilhelmina Beindorff (80), Amsterdam
• Betje Boschker (89)
• Carolina Allegonda (Lientje) K”hler (83), Utrecht
• Bastiaantje Verdonk (65), Rotterdam
• Aaltje (Alice) Achterhof (89), Crestwood, Cook Co, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Charlie Porter Riley (82)

• 1970 » Gregg Alexander, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1971 » Joe Borowski, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Miles Stewart, Australian triathlete
• 1972 » Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 » Mike Dirnt, American bass player and songwriter
• 1973 » Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1973 » John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Matthew Barnaby, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Tony McCoy, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster

• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1981 » C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)

• 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 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• June 9 » In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
• December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

The temperature on May 4, 1973 was between 8.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.