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• Kloppenburg, Emmen († 1974)

• Eduard Hendrik van der Wal (67), Den Haag
• Cornelia E. Foxworth (88)
• Benny Bessemans (22), Blankenberge, België
• Derk Jan Bruil (64), Doetinchem
• Adrianus SPRONG (67), schiedam
• Aalto Johannes Talo (49), Finland
• Aart Arnoldus van den Berge (77)
• Douglas Frank Hewson Packer (67), New South Wales, Australia
• Berend Johannes Koldewijn (96), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Johannes Uelman (78), Chicago (Illinois)

• 1972 » Julie Benz, American actress
• 1972 » Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
• 1973 » Curtis Martin, American football player
• 1973 » Mike Jesse, German footballer
• 1973 » Oliver Neuville, German footballer
• 1973 » Peter Baah, English footballer and manager
• 1975 » Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
• 1975 » Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)
• 1975 » Nina Hossain, English journalist

• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)

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 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 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 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

The temperature on May 1, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.