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• Arend Horstra († 2006)
• Maria Weis († 1974)

• Adrianus (Ad) Schellings (54), Den Dungen, Nederland
• Anthonie Bos (62), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Clara Emma Rothganger (72), Goch, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany
• Bjorn Groen (0), Amsterdam
• Clarence Edsel Pitts (77), Vernal, Uintah County, Utah
• Aldert Pietersz Schong (58), Velsen
• Alida Honing (76), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Vonk (72), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van de Burgt (80), Woerden
• Cornelia van der Marel (96), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland

• 1973 » Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician
• 1973 » Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar
• 1974 » Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director
• 1974 » Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter
• 1974 » Samuel José da Silva Vieira, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 » Tümer Metin, Turkish footballer
• 1974 » Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner
• 1975 » Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player
• 1975 » Floyd Landis, American cyclist
• 1975 » Michael Duberry, English footballer

• 1965 » Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1965 » William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
• 1969 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1889)

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.
• January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
• 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 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• 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.
• November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

The temperature on October 14, 1974 was between -1.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.