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• nn levenloos zoon van Sloten, Kampen († 1975)
• Benjamin John ROOTES, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia († 2006)
• Shane A Carlson, Tracy, Lyon Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• André Henri Maurice VACHER (70), Bourges, 18000, Cher, Centre, FRANCE
• Boele Jan van Ginkel (84), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Celina Verhaegen (62), Grootlo (Heist op den Berg)
• Cornelia Margaretha Kornman (80), Harderwijk
• Alida Huberta Petronella van Biezen (87), Leusden
• Albert Washington Perdue (96), Simpson Co., KY
• Amelia Hogenbirk (45), Hilversum
• Amelia Hogenbirk (45), Hilversum
• Arendje Dijkhuizen (71), Katwijk
• Arnold Peter Albert WELLES (76), Venlo

• 1973 » Gert Olesk, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1973 » Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 » Shane Lee, Australian cricketer and guitarist
• 1974 » Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver
• 1974 » Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter
• 1974 » Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
• 1974 » Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager
• 1975 » Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter
• 1976 » Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
• 1976 » JC Chasez, American singer and dancer

• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1982 » Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920)
• 1984 » Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)

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

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. Mariska

• 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.
• February 21 » Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
• April 30 » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
• June 4 » The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
• June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
• July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
• November 7 » In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

The temperature on August 8, 1975 was between 18.9 °C and 32.9 °C and averaged 26.6 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.