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• Tom Telnes, Bodø († 2005)
• Marco Stoltenborg, Apeldoorn († 1992)

• Catharina Helena Maria VAN LIMBURG STIRUM (78), Velp Gelderland Netherlands
• "Agnes" Ellen CLARKE (BEEZLEY) (84), Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ
• Adrianus (Adriaan) (Jun) de Cocq van Delwijnen (51), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Catharina Helena Maria gravin van Limburg Stirum (78), Velp,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes "Toon" van den Hurk (63), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Maria Limburg Stirum (78)
• Anna Aleida van der Werf (81), Zeist,Utrecht,Nederland
• Barend van Vendel (85)
• Adrianus (Jun) de Cocq van Delwijnen (51), 's Hertogenbosch
• Albert Kuster (92), Hengelo

• 1971 » Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1972 » Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 » Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 » Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver and sportscaster
• 1974 » Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1976 » James Dearth, American football player
• 1976 » Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player
• 1977 » Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
• 1977 » Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1968 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
• 1977 » Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
• 1980 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)

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 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
• 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 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• 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.
• September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
• November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.

The temperature on January 22, 1974 was between 1.1 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.