About the day » Friday August 16, 1974Calender converter

• Aaron James Wolff
• Mirella Joachims, Xanten (D) († 1975)
• Jacqueline Hebels, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 2008)
• Koen Ebbing
• Josien Mur († 2017)
• Melvin van der SMAN († 1985)

• Clement KURTZ (68), Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Johanna Catharina Bardoel (69), Oploo
• Albertus de Jong, Doorwerth
• Annichje Louissen (71), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aloïs Van Moortel (72), Kruibeke
• Bertha Geertruida Kuipers (75), Hengelo
• Alberta Bloemendal (90)
• Christianus Sprokkereef (89), Zutphen
• Alberdiena Geziena Nijenhuis (78), Koekange, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonie Aert van Heijst (69), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren

• 1973 » Damian Jackson, American baseball player
• 1974 » Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 » Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 » Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
• 1975 » Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
• 1975 » Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 » George Stults, American model and actor
• 1975 » Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1975 » Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor

• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)

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 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

The temperature on August 16, 1974 was between 15.5 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.