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• Myra Veenhuizen, Twello
• George Thomas Doeden († 1974)
• Marieke Maria Kodde
• Astrid van Velthuizen, Zeist
• Edgar Anthony Pieter Mettrop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• George Frederick Doeden († 1974)
• Esther Tamara Leupen, Westeinde ziekenhuis, den Haag
• Thérèse Nicolette Suzanne Scheffer, Amsterdam

• Johanna Wilhelmina Bouwhuizen (82), Naaldwijk
• Clara Johanna Bazuin (42)
• Bartus Ruisch (91), Wageningen
• Aaldrik Veen (86), Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen
• Aaldrik Veen (86)
• Alida Hendrike Wolvius (84)
• Adriana Loos (92), Neerpelt
• Cornelia Gerritje Oosterom (88), Gouderak, Nederland
• Anton Schuurman (47)
• Arie Casper de BRES (86), Hauwert

• 1966 » Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager
• 1966 » Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
• 1967 » A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist
• 1968 » John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1969 » Norman Reedus, American actor and model
• 1970 » Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
• 1970 » Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player

• 1966 » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)

• 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.
• March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
• December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on January 6, 1974 was between 4.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.