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• Joel Eldon de Vries († 1999)
• Erik Cornelis Franciscus Mari Kerssemakers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• JUDITH LARISSA LANGEDOEN
• CHRISTINE MOSTERT, HOORN († 2002)
• Aart Jan Schimmel († 1993)
• Koen Oscar Jan HEYVAERT, OLV Kliniek Aalst, Aalst, 9300, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
• Ruud Molenaar († 2022)

• Bonefaas (Boon) Rodenburg (79), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• François Leus (74), Herzele
• Geertruida Croes (91), -
• Aladar Rakovsky (67), Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, Frankrijk
• Ellen Ashurst (71), Worsley Mesnes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
• David Leslie Moynes (74), Retsof, Livingston, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Henricus van der Mierden (83), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Maren (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Franciscus Steeghs (79), Venlo (H)
• Clifford Samuel Warrell (70), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1972 » Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1973 » Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1974 » Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 » Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer
• 1974 » Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
• 1974 » Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player
• 1975 » Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player
• 1975 » Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1975 » Ryan Rupe, American baseball player

• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Jeroen
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Saskia

• 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 13.5 million citizens.
• March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
• May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
• August 30 » A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
• December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on March 31, 1974 was between 2.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.