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• Amanda Murra, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa († 1974)
• Jocelyn Nicole Duininck
• Barbara Ariane Bulthuis, Nijmegen († 2007)
• Crystal Faye Todd, Conway, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Melissa Dawn Taylor, Portageville, New Madrid, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Meinardus Theodorus Kersen († 2012)

• Christiaan Marie Krop (80)
• Berend Rozema (73), Stadskanaal (gem Onstwedde)
• Adrianus Johannes Vernooij (96), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Ariën Meernik (87), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Johanna Nederveld (81), Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ariën Meernink (87), Putten
• Catharina Helena Maria Bulle (81), Badhoevedorp, Nederland
• Charles Henry Sarle Jr (83), Saginaw, Saginaw Co. MI
• Adrianus Johannes Vernooij (96), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Spiljard (75), Tilburg

• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• 1965 » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 » Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
• 1966 » Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
• 1978 » Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
• 1980 » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer

• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)

• 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 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• April 29 » Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
• June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
• October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
• December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

The temperature on January 4, 1974 was between -0.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.