About the day » Saturday November 9, 1974Calender converter

• Martinus Wesseling, Assen († 2012)
• Walter-Frido Willemse, Standdaarbuiten († 1997)
• Kenneth Simon Kloosterhuis, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada († 1975)
• Claudia Angelique Lafort, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1994)

• Adriana Cornelsdr Zandbergen (87), Zoeterwoude
• Alfred Franklin Pearce (54), Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States
• Bernardus Oldenzeel (70), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Egbert Baas (72), Stadskannal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Clark Oliver Wackerly (67), Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Afonso Batista Fragoso (49)
• Ben Mackus (67)
• Augustus Frederick Machetanz (97)
• Carl Samuel Sickler (38), Dallas Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana ZANDBERGEN (87), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Eric Dane, American actor
• 1972 » Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1973 » Alyson Court, Canadian actress and producer
• 1973 » Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress and director
• 1973 » Nick Lachey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1973 » Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer and coach
• 1974 » Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
• 1974 » Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
• 1975 » Gareth Malone, English singer and conductor
• 1975 » Mathew Sinclair, New Zealand cricketer

• 1962 » Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian activist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1968 » Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 » Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 1988 » David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and priest (b. 1924)
• 1988 » John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (b. 1913)

• 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 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on November 9, 1974 was between 5.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.