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• Gerrit Willem de Beurs, Den Helder
• Hans Lenaerts, Turnhout († 2019)
• E.N.P. van der Burgt († 2012)
• Michael Lee Westra, Willmar, MN

• Cornelia van den Haak (69), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Berg (86), Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Govers (76), Breda
• Beertje Arendsen (87), Harderwijk
• Annette (Anny) Frederike Löwenberg (71), Pittsburgh (PA)
• Arie Gerardus Hoek (68), Noordwijk
• Anthonie Petrus Roux (88), Villiersdorp, Western Cape, South Africa
• Adrianus van den Broek (61), Leiden
• Alberus J. Beemsterboer (62), Alkmaar, N Holl, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendriks van den Haak (69), Noordwijk

• 1972 » Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 1973 » Christian Panucci, Italian footballer and manager
• 1973 » J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 1973 » Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
• 1974 » Belinda Emmett, Australian actress († 2006)
• 1974 » Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Marley Shelton, American actress
• 1974 » Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1974 » Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)

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. Nicole
13. Jolanda
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.
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 29 » Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
• November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.

The temperature on April 12, 1974 was between 4.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.