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• Mirjam Vos
• Amber Juliet Sherren, Owatonna Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Radja (Susairaj) Petitjean († 2001)
• Heidi Sue Bouwma, Amboy, IL
• James Edgar Mellott, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 1998)

• Adriaan Abraham Dieleman (66), Zaamslag
• Cornelis "Cor" Elgersma (65), Wateringen (ZH district VIII) NL
• Antje Ritzema (61)
• Bastiaan Sinterniklaas (66), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Lambertus van Zutphen (78), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Mulder (69)
• Anna van der Stoop (62), Harenkarspel
• Cornelis Dijkhuis (83), Groningen
• Douwe Dijkstra (91), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Dena Huisinga (79), Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa

• 1975 » Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
• 1975 » Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer
• 1975 » Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter
• 1976 » Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach
• 1976 » Andrew Simpson, English sailor († 2013)
• 1976 » Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager
• 1976 » Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer
• 1976 » Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Arnaud Clément, French tennis player
• 1977 » Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1986 » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
• 1987 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)

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.
• February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
• February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• July 28 » The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• September 6 » Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.

The temperature on December 17, 1976 was between -1.8 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.