About the day » Wednesday December 11, 1974Calender converter

• Sean Patrick McKinney, San Diego, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Blair Babb Smoak († 1992)
• Louise Elizabeth Fox, Union City, Erie County, Pennsylvania († 1977)
• Erik van Kempen, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Alan Duane Baker, Waco,Texas († 1997)
• Diana Kwant, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1974)

• Antonia Blokker (75), Roelofarendsveen, Nederland
• Christian Vergoossen (68), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Charles Julien Joseph Pollentier (32), St.-Raphaëlkliniek te Leuven
• Cecil L Hammock (70), Blue Springs, Jackson, Missouri, United States
• Bernard Herman Broelman (73), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Andries Jansz Leegwater (80), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Anne MUNCK (87), Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Antoon Weenk (69), Apeldoorn
• Catharina Storm (100), Den Haag, Nederland
• Aris Bakker (70), Amsterdam

• 1972 » Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1972 » Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1972 » Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mos Def, American rapper
• 1974 » Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host
• 1974 » Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner
• 1974 » Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress
• 1974 » Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
• 1974 » Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
• 1975 » Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist

• 1966 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)
• 1968 » Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 1978 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1979 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897)

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.
• February 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
• February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
• 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 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.

The temperature on December 11, 1974 was between 1.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.