About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1973Calender converter

• Allison Louise DEBOEF, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Sabine Hobo († 1973)
• Natasha Daniell Collins, Whittier, California
• Clinton J Schelling, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1974)
• Clinton Schelling, Sioux Center, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Mary McGarvey, Omagh, County, Tyrone, Northern Ireland († 1973)

• Adelbert Lodewijk Franken (65), Jakarta, Java, Indonesië
• Adrianus Theodorus (Henderika Van Os-Rolink) van Os (65), Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus Lippus (68), Haarlem
• Alexander James Ward (69)
• Adriana Maria de Porto (86), De Cocksdorp, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Porto (86), de Cocksdorp
• Adrianes Kerssemeijer (86), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Stoopen (38), Breda
• Adolf de Lange (59), Den Haag
• Antje Hendriks Weiland (93), ,, Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1972 » Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach
• 1972 » Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic
• 1972 » Todd Bouman, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
• 1973 » Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
• 1973 » Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
• 1974 » Cher Calvin, American journalist
• 1974 » Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist († 2014)
• 1974 » Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer

• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
• 1980 » Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)

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.
• January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
• May 8 » A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
• July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 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 August 1, 1973 was between 11.9 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.