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• Wendy Schimmel († 2005)
• Michiel Huub Bernard Rietbergen († 1991)
• Toni Haring

• Elisabeth Sielker (70), Rheine, Kreis Steinfurt, Regierungsbezirk Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Annechien Warringa (70)
• Antonius Mathildus Christiaan Gerardus van Hooft (33), Bruchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bert Harry Montross (77), Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
• Alma Kramp (84), Okeene, Blaine, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Dorenbos (77)
• Eugenius Eduardus Vliex (80), Bocholtz
• Edna Theresa Mary McGRATH (62), Sutherland, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
• Alfons Renard (67), Sint-Truiden, België
• Frank C. Bell (85), Gloversville, Fulton County, New York

• 1972 » Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria
• 1972 » Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
• 1972 » Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
• 1974 » Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 » 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1975 » Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
• 1975 » Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
• 1976 » Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
• 1976 » Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer

• 1966 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)

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 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
• March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
• June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on July 6, 1974 was between 11.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.