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• Danny Beerten, Hasselt 3500 († 1974)
• Pascal Veldkamp, Enkhuizen († 1981)
• Sebastian Emile (Bas) Post, Assen († 2014)
• Willem Abel Blaauw, Bilthoven, 3720, Nederland († 1999)
• Benny Coart, Sint Truiden († 1999)
• Jeroen Sarlemijn, Wieringerwerf / Noord-Holland
• Brian Douglas Willink, Corry, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Joshua Emanuël (Josh) Schenkhuizen († 2008)

• Everardus Antonius Maria POT (60), Grubbenvorst
• Coriolano Pompeu (68), Birigui, São Paulo, Brasil
• Edna Beatrice Lundy (72), unbekannt
• Cornelia Voorn (76)
• Anita Godefroij (2), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elizabeth van Engelenburg (80), Arnhem (Elden), Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Lely (88), Rotterdam Erasmusstraat 13
• Adriaan Theune (86), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Theune (86), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Jacoba Suijkerbuijk (88), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1971 » Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
• 1972 » Amira Medunjanin, singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1972 » Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
• 1972 » Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1973 » Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 » Carlos Dengler, American bass player
• 1974 » Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
• 1975 » Bobby Shaw, American football player
• 1976 » Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1977 » John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor

• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (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. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Jennifer

• 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 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
• December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
• December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The temperature on April 23, 1974 was between 0.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.