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• Marcel Erik Johan Kokelkoren, Wijlre
• Mirjam de Jong
• Mirjam Wieland, Bemmel
• Hylle Pieter Johannes Tot, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wilma Verhagen († 1976)

• antonius vlijmen van (86), oss
• Clyde Leslie Stanley (88), Greeley, Weld, Colorado
• Cornelis Th. Gillis (25), Doetinchem
• Antonius Martinus de Korte (82), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Linders (69), Roosendaal
• Ake Siegers (75), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Maria Boek (42)
• Aaltje Zwiers (92)
• Cornelis Merkestijn (74), Loosduinen
• Aagje van den Berg (81), Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1973 » Mike Cameron, American baseball player
• 1975 » Harris Jayaraj, Indian composer and producer
• 1976 » Carl Pavano, American baseball player
• 1976 » Kenneth Andam, Ghanaian sprinter and businessman
• 1977 » Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer
• 1977 » Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
• 1979 » Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
• 1979 » Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1979 » Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer

• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
• 1975 » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)

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

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

• 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 13.7 million citizens.
• January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

The temperature on January 8, 1976 was between 6.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.