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• Peter Heinrich van der Heide, Mulheim aan de Ruhr (D)
• Kevin Lee van Kalsbeek († 1974)
• William Peter Hugh (Billy) Dubbelman, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1979)
• Clinton Lewis, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Marco van der Meer († 1997)
• Jamie HAINES, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia († 1974)
• Esther Roede, Uithuizermeeden († 1995)

• Aletta Arres van der Grift (56), Surhuisterveen
• Dingenus Teunisse (86), Sint Annaland
• Cornelis Johannes Hijstek (79), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Snoeren (62), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus J. Snoeren (62), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Verbiesen (72), Boxmeer
• Christiaan Nicolas Eijmael (78), Bilzen (B)
• Anna Feinstein (84)
• Anna Aleida Catharina Krijvenaar (81), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Kramer (73)

• 1971 » Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit
• 1972 » Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 » Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
• 1972 » Sarah Clarke, American actress
• 1972 » Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
• 1973 » Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
• 1974 » José Dominguez, Portuguese international footballer, winger and manager
• 1974 » Mahershala Ali, American actor
• 1976 » Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
• 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
• 1984 » M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Jeroen
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Jennifer

• 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 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 13.5 million citizens.
• January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
• April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
• November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
• December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The temperature on February 16, 1974 was between 3.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.