About the day » Monday August 4, 1975Calender converter

• Marjan Saskia Tuinenga, Hardegarijp († 1977)
• Anne Matthias de Lange, Dordrecht († 1978)
• Barbara Louise Suters, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Marjan Saskia Tuinenga, Hardegarijp, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Kris Arickx, Kortrijk († 1995)

• Catharina Willemina Doornenbal (81)
• Charles Jan Toohey (24), Rookwood, Auburn City, Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australie
• Catharina Maria Seggers (67), Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Annen
• Adrianus Franciscus van Creij (82), Rosmalen ( 's-Hertogenbosch)
• Coralie Messelier (74), Brugge
• Aalbert Van Donkelaar (74)
• Charles Walter Rushing (52), Clinton, Hickman County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus (Bep) VERLOOP (58)
• Aaltje Luit (78)
• Adriana Geertruida van den Ende (83), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1973 » Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1973 » Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
• 1974 » Kily González, Argentine footballer
• 1975 » Andy Hallett, American actor and singer († 2009)
• 1975 » Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
• 1975 » Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
• 1975 » Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1976 » Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
• 1976 » Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach

• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 1990 » Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. David
6. Mark
7. Michael
8. Patrick
9. Richard
10. Dennis
11. Robert
12. Hendrik
13. Paul
14. Martijn
15. Bart
16. Pieter

1. Maria
2. Monique
3. Sandra
4. Johanna
5. Wendy
6. Bianca
7. Linda
8. Cindy
9. Esther
10. Marieke
11. Judith
12. Patricia
13. Nicole
14. Jennifer
15. Miranda
16. Yvonne

• 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 13.6 million citizens.
• March 25 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
• April 21 » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
• June 24 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
• July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
• August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
• October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

The temperature on August 4, 1975 was between 15.4 °C and 31.9 °C and averaged 24.9 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.