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• Linda Bloemers, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Peter Baertsoen
• Adrian Keith BONDE, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia († 2018)
• Albert Meijer, Hardenberg
• Mariska van Oostveen, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelia de Nooijer (82), Middelburg, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Bruisten (51), Dordrecht
• Antonius Joseph Ebbing (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Jennings Stull (75), El Paso, Texas, United States
• Annigje Middelveld (71), Avereest
• Adrianus Johannes Smits (73), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Pieter Hendrik Teenstra (69), Blaricum
• Cornelis de Graaf (76), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Antonius Marinus de Nijs (60), Waalwijk
• Acalena Fay Jeffery (38), Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1971 » Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player († 1992)
• 1971 » Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
• 1971 » Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1971 » Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
• 1973 » Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
• 1973 » Christine Arron, French runner
• 1973 » Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
• 1974 » Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 » Travis Knight, American basketball player

• 1967 » Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)

• 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 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
• May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
• May 11 » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
• May 29 » Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
• September 11 » A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.

The temperature on September 13, 1973 was between 11.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.