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• Arjan Alexander ONDERDELINDEN, Ridderkerk († 2002)
• Jacqueline Sorée, Blerick, Limburg, Nederland († 2010)
• Infant Carmichael, Smithville, Missouri († 1974)

• Anne Sjirks Cnossen (60), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Beatrice Chalsma (78), Holand La Crosse
• Anne Sintsz Kolk (82), Follega, lemsterland.fr.nld
• Cornelis Kok (78), Den Haag
• Dirk Barneveld (79)
• Algen C Quesenberry (71), Floyd County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Johannes Anthonie van Zanten (84), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Catharina van der SCHLEIJ (79), Amsterdam (N-H)
• Christianus Hermanus Josephus Alphonsus Marie Haegens (72), Horst
• Anne Sint Kolk (83), St. Nicolaasga

• 1972 » Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 » Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1974 » Emma Shapplin, French soprano
• 1974 » Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
• 1975 » Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 » Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 » London Fletcher, American football player
• 1975 » Pretinha, Brazilian footballer

• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)

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 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
• October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

The temperature on May 19, 1974 was between 9.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.