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• Markus Johannes Antonius Kuijs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Mandy Antonia Maria Lambregts, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Jimmy Allen Moberly, Grand Junction, Mesa, CO († 1974)
• Nichole Fuller († 1974)
• An Meylemans, Hasselt, België († 2023)
• Keith Benedict van Maren, Nassah County New York († 2000)

• Betsy van Praag (89), Hague NETHERLANDS
• August MARTONY (81), Knokke,8300,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Banlow Spears [Wk] (80), Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Arie Blokland (69), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Wallet (71), Woerden
• Aaltje Wallet (71), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rottink (83), Losser
• Antonia Wilhelmina Godefrida Teunissen (69), Bakel
• Alida Gerritje van de Scheur (46)
• Auke PALS (66)

• 1973 » Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
• 1974 » Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
• 1974 » Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
• 1974 » Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
• 1974 » Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
• 1974 » Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
• 1974 » Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
• 1974 » John Rocker, American baseball player
• 1974 » Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
• 1974 » Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician

• 1970 » Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1970 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1972 » George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
• 1978 » George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)

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.
• March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
• August 30 » A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
• 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 17, 1974 was between -0.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.