About the day » Thursday March 28, 1974Calender converter

• Bas J.W. Van de Steeg, Veendam
• Ronald Rozeboom, Steggerda († 1974)
• Ytje Eelkje Dotinga, Anjum († 2008)
• Richard Henry Pranger
• Ytje Eelkje DOTINGA, Anjum (Oostdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 2008)
• Anna Geziena Hans, Dedemsvaart († 1974)
• Jeroen Hans, Zwolle († 1974)
• Esther Olijve († 2014)
• Alexandra Eugenie Leeflang, Singapore († 1993)

• Antonie Wesselink (61)
• Cornelia Maria Theresia Jongbloets (84), Tilburg
• Cornelia Kornet (89), Ooltgensplaat
• Alberta Gerritdina Bokslag (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hogenkamp (83), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elisabeth Hubertina Linssen (74), Hoensbroek, Nederland
• Kraaij (64), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Dwight R. Miller (64), Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
• Antje Alles van der Zwaag (95)
• Cornelia Kornet (89)

• 1971 » Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator
• 1971 » Orfeh, American singer, songwriter and actress
• 1972 » Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
• 1972 » Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter
• 1973 » Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
• 1975 » Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver
• 1975 » Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• 1975 » Kate Gosselin, American television personality
• 1975 » Shanna Moakler, American model
• 1976 » Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1969 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1982 » William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

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 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
• April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
• May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
• 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.
• July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

The temperature on March 28, 1974 was between 4.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.