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• Gerrit Jan van de Glind († 2009)
• Martin Klaas den Hartog († 1974)
• Tanja Spijker († 2010)
• NN Hilberink († 1974)
• Patrick Franciscus Maria Mertens, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)

• Elisabeth Sint Nicolaas (75), Amsterdam
• Christiaan Johan Kemink (81), Eibergen
• Ate van Wijk (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Hekker (81), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Houtepen (68), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Theodorus van Brevoort (71), Amsterdam
• Annechien Spoelstra (90), -
• Alida Baudina van den Heuvel Rijnders (86), Amsterdam
• Arijan Krook (70), Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Vis (70), Sexbierum, gem. Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1972 » Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor
• 1973 » Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer
• 1973 » Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist
• 1974 » Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer
• 1975 » Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 » Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
• 1976 » Phil Harvey, English businessman
• 1976 » Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1977 » Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1977 » Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)

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.
• January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
• 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.
• 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 August 29, 1974 was between 10.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.