About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1973Calender converter

• אמיר יניב, ישראל († 1994)
• Jesse Tukkers, Denekamp, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Johannes Jelle Hoomans, Sneek († 1973)
• Mark Allen Kamps († 1986)
• Monique van Gasteren († 2022)
• Wouter Raf Coeck, Ieper
• Hanneke van der Lugt († 1982)
• S J A H M Somers, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Koen Verhagen, Heemskerk

• Aagje Ziel·Äè·Äé (78), Kuinre, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Freda R SCHWARTZ (92), Appleton, WI
• Carl Wilhelm Georg Kohlbach (70), Wilhelmshaven (BRD)
• Albertus Jan van Lutterveld (59)
• Adrianus van der Wildt (84), Delft
• Celestina Bridts (87), Brecht, Sint-Antonius, Antwerpen,Belgium
• Christine Gabrielle Renée Josepha MAERE (60), Deinze
• Frederik Adriaan Fisscher (85), Leiden
• Christian Augenbroe (74), Kerkrade (L
• Ernest Carl Jacobus Birsak (73), Venray

• 1971 » Mark Loretta, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1971 » Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1972 » Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 » Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 » Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 » Paddy McGuinness, English comedian and television presenter
• 1974 » Chucky Atkins, American basketball player and coach

• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
• 1981 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)

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.
• April 2 » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​⁄₅, an as-yet unbeaten record.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
• December 17 » Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.

The temperature on August 14, 1973 was between 13.9 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.