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• Hermanus Antonius Petrus van Zundert, Lage Zwaluwe († 2009)
• Tracy Anne Lehmkuhl, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Mannelijk Lagast, Moederhuis Sint Anna, Sint Annarei, Brugge († 1973)
• Charmaine ESTERUIZEN, Boksburg († 1973)
• Eveline Plomp, Sliedrecht († 2016)
• Susan Maria, Susanne Juurling, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1978)
• Suleika KORTEWEG
• Klaasje Gerdien (Karin) Koster, Rijssen, Nederland († 2022)
• Dolf Walter Bennik, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Emily Nicole Veldhuis, ....... († 1974)

• Charlie Porter Riley (82)
• Cyriel Leo Everaert (77), Sint Niklaas
• Elisabeth DE VRIES (71), Wijns (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Curven Eugene Elwood Huber (84), Catawissa, Columbia Co.Pennsylvania
• Anna Gertrudis Sevriens (82)
• Cornelia Adriana Steenbrink (91), Den Haag
• Anna (Antje) Striezenau (84), Eindhoven, Nord-Brabant, Holland
• Antje Uffen (74), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Gaatzes de Vries (71), Wijns, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Elisabeth Wilhelmina Klapwijk (88)

• 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)

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. Natasja
13. Saskia
14. Patricia
15. Karin
16. Nicole

• 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.
• May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• July 5 » A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.
• November 7 » The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
• 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 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.