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• Sebastien Derwa, Luik, België († 1981)
• Robert Lambertus Hendrikus Gerardus Maria Bouwmans, Sint-Oedenrode,5465,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• Aaltjen te Velthuis (84), Rhenen,Gemeente Rhenen,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adrianus van Wijk (85), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Adrianus Grootenboer (82), Dirksland
• Abraham Jacob Westplate (68), Koudekerke
• Albert Jonkman (80), Amsterdam
• Alida Budding (80)
• Adrianus Grootenboer (82), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Barendre (69), Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Alice May Hopgood (95), Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• Abraham Gerardus van Essenberg (67), UTRECHT

• 1970 » Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
• 1970 » Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1971 » Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
• 1974 » Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
• 1974 » Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
• 1975 » Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Dean Chandler, English footballer
• 1976 » Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer

• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1973 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1980 » María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Richard
10. Mark
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.
• January 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
• May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​⁄₅, an as-yet unbeaten record.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
• August 22 » The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.

The temperature on May 6, 1973 was between 7.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.