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• Frederick Raymond Smith, Haarlem NL
• EUGEN Michiel WEBER († 2005)

• Albertus Nicolaas Half (70), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus van Roekel (83)
• Anna Gesina Aleida Huser (76), Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaan de Lint (76)
• Anna Maria van Oerle (100), Goirle
• Augustinus Biesemans (70), Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Adriaan Adam de Visser (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Guilford Cosselmon (57), Lansing (Ingham, Michigan, USA)
• Adriaan Adam de Visser (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Camille Otis 2 Antene (80), Jefferson County, Alabama

• 1970 » Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1971 » Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
• 1972 » Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina († 2007)
• 1974 » Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
• 1974 » Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975 » Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
• 1975 » Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Kara Wolters, American basketball player
• 1975 » Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach

• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)

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. Wendy
7. Monique
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Karin
13. Patricia
14. Nicole
15. Natasja
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 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• 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 4 » The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

The temperature on August 15, 1973 was between 14.1 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.