About the day » Thursday August 16, 1973Calender converter

• Robert Thomas Hinton
• Mary Jane Bril († 1979)
• Stephanie Susan Sustarsic, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gijs Adriaan Stroink, Voorburg
• Ellis Goedvree

• Anna Mae Lampp (78), Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Bessie Marie Orrill (77), Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
• Adrianus Cornelis Hendriks (84), Eindhoven (st. Jozefziekenhuis)
• Arnoldus Gnocchi (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kreger (84), Oude Pekela
• Catharinus Wilhelmus Sampimon (68), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham le Duc (85), Middelburg
• Albertus Nelissen (45), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Dronkers
• Andrew Rapp (99), Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

• 1971 » Stefan Klos, German footballer
• 1972 » Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
• 1972 » Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
• 1972 » Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
• 1973 » Damian Jackson, American baseball player
• 1974 » Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 » Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 » Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
• 1975 » Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 » Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager

• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)

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. Natasja
13. Patricia
14. Karin
15. Nicole
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 22 » In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
• January 22 » The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
• July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
• December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.

The temperature on August 16, 1973 was between 14.1 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.