About the day » Wednesday July 17, 1974Calender converter

• Jennifer Lynn Slumpff, Wyandotte, Michigan
• Menno van Weert, Ede
• Michelle Lynn lUSTGRAAF († 2006)
• Edwin Oude Ophuis, De Lutte, 7587, Nederland († 2014)

• Darrell Clare McMillan (44), Watertown, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon Kamphuijs (23), Eindhoven
• Clothilde Ignace Godelieve Barbe Marie Joseph van de Werve (85), Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Delmon A van Zante (60), Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States
• Antonius Johannes van Egeraat (83), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelaïde Joanna Maria Mortelmans (87), Lier
• Bredor Lanning (78), Renville Co, Minnesota
• Vermeeren Maria Antonia (77), Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
• Dievera Groot (78), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelis Vroegh (80), Herwijnen

• 1972 » Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
• 1973 » Eric Moulds, American football player
• 1974 » Claudio López, Argentine footballer
• 1975 » Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
• 1975 » Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
• 1975 » Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
• 1975 » Harlette, Australian-English fashion designer
• 1975 » Konnie Huq, English television presenter
• 1975 » Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete
• 1975 » Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician

• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)

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 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
• March 29 » Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
• 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 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The temperature on July 17, 1974 was between 9.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.