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• Martin Westra, Delft
• Javier Mario Diaz Gonzalez, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico († 2020)
• Elmer von Grumbkow, Mijdrecht († 1990)

• Anna Hubertina (Tiny) FRISSEN (52), Simpelveld (NL/LI)
• Christina Johanna Cornelia Jansen (85), Pijnacker, Zuid Holland
• Antonius Johannes Stijvers (56), Hilversum
• Benjamin Ernest CLABAU (55), Ieper
• Andreas Petrus Johannes Maria Storimans (76), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje VEEN (77), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Albert Abel Arthur BOGAERT (71), Dunkerque, 59140, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Charles dit François Buffet (68), Rémilly, 58221, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France
• alida petronella adriana vogelzang (68), den haag
• Antonius de Rooij (79), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1972 » Jude Law, English actor
• 1973 » Theo Epstein, American businessman
• 1974 » Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
• 1974 » Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
• 1974 » Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
• 1975 » Jaret Wright, American baseball player
• 1975 » Shawn Hatosy, American actor
• 1976 » Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1976 » Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player

• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
• 1980 » Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1986 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)

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.
• February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
• February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
• May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.

The temperature on December 29, 1974 was between 4.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.