About the day » Thursday May 16, 1974Calender converter

• Sarahane Mather, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States († 2007)
• Albert de Berg († 1975)
• Steven Haccour, Leuven († 2011)
• Albert de Berg († 1975)
• "Robert Hardouin" Marie Joseph Simonnot, Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France († 2013)

• Antonius (Toon) Weterings (84), Breda
• Adrianus van Elderen (47), Mijnsheerenland, Nederland
• Christina Niedekker (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Annechien Nijdam (82), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelis Marinus Visser (48), Sliedrecht
• Caroline Scholten (67), Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Eelke van Houten (48), Surhuisterveen (Achtkarspelen Fr)
• Bair Kocken (49), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardus Theodorus Hendrikus Breijinck (83)
• Augusta Maria Couckuyt (85), Kortrijk, WVL, B

• 1971 » Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1972 » Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
• 1973 » Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
• 1974 » Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper
• 1975 » Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete
• 1975 » Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
• 1976 » Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer

• 1961 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1973 » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 » A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)

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.
• February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
• May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.

The temperature on May 16, 1974 was between 7.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.