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• Patrick Jacobus Carl Hogendorp, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maurice Gerard Sylvain Rudolf (Maurice) Mestrom, Sittard, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• David ROSSENFOSSE, Ougrée († 2002)

• Anton Joseph Stevens (70), Schinveld (L
• Dirk Koene (79), Maastricht, Nederland
• Akke Ymkje Poelsma (54), Nijmegen
• Cornelis Brommer (84)
• Cornelia Elisabeth van Amsterdam (47), Lisse
• Antje van der Vlies (76), 't Zand, Groningen, Nederland
• "Pál" Mária János Géza Domokos Lörinc József Gyula Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeö (77), Oberalm, Autriche
• Akke Poelsma (54), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clifford M Mathias (68), New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio
• Dina Maria Berkhoudt (97), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1973 » Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1973 » Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1973 » Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
• 1973 » Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Maurice Greene, American sprinter
• 1974 » Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 » Terry Glenn, American football player and coach († 2017)
• 1975 » Dan Rogerson, English politician

• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 » Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
• 1979 » Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Mollie Steimer, Russian activist (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)

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.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
• July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.

The temperature on July 23, 1974 was between 10.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.