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• Yannig Gwenael Testard, Brussel, België († 1984)
• Dennis Theodorus van der Voort, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Kurt De Munck, Hamme († 2007)
• Patty Petronella van der Voort, Almere, Nederland
• Mark William Skeldon, Isle of Wight, England († 1974)

• Anna van Scherrenburg (67), Ede
• Adriana Goos (74), Breda, Nederland
• ARINA ELISABETH MOSTERT (84), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• adrianus antonius maria schellekens (76), tilburg
• Dirk Pool (76), Den Hoorn
• Aaltje SCHUIL (84), Leek Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Hafer (63), Leiden, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van den Berg (82), Zoetermeer
• Andries Passenier (77), Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Mostert (84), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1971 » Tony Fiore, American baseball player
• 1972 » Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver
• 1972 » Neriah Davis, American model and actress
• 1972 » Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer
• 1973 » Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 » Martin Corry, English rugby player
• 1974 » Stephen Lee, English snooker player
• 1975 » Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner
• 1975 » Susana Félix, Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1976 » Simon Bridges, New Zealand politician

• 1969 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)
• 1970 » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
• 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (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. Nicole
13. Jolanda
14. Linda
15. Miranda
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 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 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
• October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

The temperature on October 12, 1974 was between 4.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.