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• Jill Denise Brewer, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 1974)
• Roger Josef Johannes Verwoert, Schaesberg
• Gerald Eddy Schonewille, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1978)
• Jeroen Martin van Dissel, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerald Eddy (Gerard) Schoonewille, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Eleonora Margaretha Lievens, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Julian P Hoek, Schermerhorn († 2000)
• Tom, Postma, Gent,Belgie

• Cornelia Maria van ROOIJEN (74), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagtje Heiltje Brons (80), Delfzijl
• Adriana Jacoba van Duffelen (91), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Bas (69)
• Antonie Cornelis Kapteijns (70), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert Lub (86)
• Berendina Theodora Pouwelina Latour (69), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Donker (78), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Vollaard (73), Hekelingen
• Della Tempel (86), Jewell, Hamilton County, Iowa

• 1973 » Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer
• 1974 » Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
• 1974 » Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discus thrower
• 1974 » Christine Yoshikawa, Canadian pianist
• 1974 » Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
• 1975 » Jessicka, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Michelle Beadle, American sportscaster
• 1975 » Odalys García, Cuban actress
• 1975 » Phillip Gillespie, Australian cricket umpire
• 1975 » Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer

• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)
• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1990 » Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)

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.
• February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
• February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
• May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
• June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
• July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
• September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

The temperature on October 23, 1974 was between 8.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.