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• Michael Graham Nicks, Waynesboro, Virginia, United States of America († 2011)
• Danielle Marie Bakker, Rahway, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2011)

• Baukje Boomsma (85)
• Clara Maria Courant (87), Tilburg
• Arnolda Smulders (81), Liempde
• Anna van Dam (77), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Lee Rhodes (84), Walterboro,Colleton County,South Carolina
• Constantia Elisabeth Meeusen (64), 's-Gravenwezel
• Cari Jo New (8), Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
• Cornelis van den Oever (55), Op zee
• Arthur Charles Cornelis van Oosterbosch (46)
• Catharina Cornelia Borremans (92), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1974 » Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host
• 1974 » Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner
• 1974 » Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress
• 1974 » Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
• 1974 » Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
• 1975 » Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
• 1976 » Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1976 » Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor
• 1977 » Brandon Rogers, American singer and actor
• 1977 » Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player

• 1968 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 1978 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1979 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (b. 1911)

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 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
• February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
• April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
• July 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.

The temperature on December 11, 1976 was between 1.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.