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• Andréa Mettina de Roode, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1992)
• James Robert Bemer, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Andréa Mettina de Roode, Enschede († 1992)
• Robert-Arjan van der Heijden, Hoorn († 1976)
• Arjan Jan van der Leede, Den Helder († 1976)

• Adrianus Jacob van Klarenbosch (83), Amsterdam
• Agnes C. Davidson (73), Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
• Alois Louis Duym (76), Schaarbeek
• Catharina Roozendaal (71)
• Elberta Hogebrug (83), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Telkamp (74), Scheemda, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Alice J Latourell (49)
• Dimphena Maria Verdaasdonk (82), Breda
• Anna Maria van den Dungen (72), Nuenen, Nederland
• Derk Bunskoek (88), Almelo

• 1972 » Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1972 » Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 » N. K. Jemisin, American writer
• 1972 » Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 » Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 » David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
• 1973 » Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
• 1973 » Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
• 1974 » Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
• 1975 » Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter

• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 » Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 » Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 » Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)

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.
• April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
• July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 15 » Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
• September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
• 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.
• 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 September 19, 1974 was between 4.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.