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• Johannes Cornelis Martines(Marco) Groen in 't Wout, Gouda
• Daniel Lee de Hoag

• Alta J Britton (90), Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, United States
• Anna van den Akker (88), 's-Gravenzande
• Adriana Geertruida Johanna Oosterwaal (88), Breda, Nederland
• Arie van den Dool (66), De Lier
• Christina Bakker (66), Den Haag
• Andrianus Henrigus Vanderhout
• Antje Post (73), Den Helder
• Catharinus Jacobus Bijlsma (74), Den Helder (NH, NLD)
• Agnes Carter (90)
• Chester Charles Wiechert (66)

• 1970 » John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Vicki Pettersson, American author
• 1971 » Winky Wright, American boxer and actor
• 1972 » Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
• 1972 » Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Peter Facinelli, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Line Horntveth, Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer
• 1974 » Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper
• 1975 » DJ Khaled, American rapper and producer
• 1975 » Patrice Lauzon, Canadian figure skater

• 1963 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1973 » John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1974 » Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
• 1978 » Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Frank Rosolino, American trombonist (b. 1926)
• 1981 » Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)

• 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 13.4 million citizens.
• January 11 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
• March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
• June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
• November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
• December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

The temperature on November 26, 1973 was between -0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.