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• Jason Andrew Frost, Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA († 1997)
• Richard VROMEN († 2004)
• Sidney de Kwaasteniet, Heemstede († 2005)

• Annigje Haveman (71), Amsterdam
• Artje de Haas (83), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Guijt (65), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Werf (78), Zierikzee, Zeeland (Nederland)
• Cornelis Mantel (67), amsterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Halm (58), Alphen ad Rijn, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huijbers (82), Son, Nederland
• Aagje Bakker (76), Broek op L'dijk
• Chester Kenneth Loomis (80), Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Herman de Zwart (74), Amsterdam

• 1970 » Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 » DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
• 1971 » Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer († 2007)
• 1972 » Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
• 1973 » Chris Murphy, American politician, junior senator of Connecticut
• 1973 » Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
• 1973 » Michael Ealy, American actor
• 1973 » Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
• 1975 » Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer

• 1968 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

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.
• March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• March 24 » Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
• June 28 » Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
• July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• December 15 » The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.

The temperature on August 3, 1973 was between 11.0 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.