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• Isabelle Brisbois († 2000)
• Renate LANDEGGE, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1974)
• Prive Looyenstein, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Arwin Marissen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Auke Wagenaar (54), Zwaagwesteinde
• Adrianus Johannes van den Ouweland (65), Breda
• Cornelis Martinus van Ochten (76), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Anna Katharina Köcklar (83), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christ van de Ven (64), Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf VAN ZEEBROECK (68)
• Christiaan Smeets (76), Holtum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Lansen (70), Kapelle, ZL, NL
• Cornelia Gerarda Maria de Jong, Zevenhoven, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Franciscus Berns (65)

• 1971 » Derrick Green, American singer
• 1972 » Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
• 1973 » Queen Mathilde of Belgium
• 1973 » Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1974 » David Dei, Italian footballer and coach
• 1975 » Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver
• 1975 » Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
• 1976 » Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• 1976 » Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish journalist and sportscaster
• 1976 » Michael Myers, American football player

• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Jeroen
5. Peter
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 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

The temperature on January 20, 1974 was between 4.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.