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• Randy Allen Ward, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin († 1981)
• Bertje Buitenhuis († 1977)

• Aaltje Nagel (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Chevalier (90), Voorthuizen
• Baukje Jans Wartena (89), Heerenveen
• Arthur Arza Lewis (87), Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States
• Anna Cornelia Aernouts (81), St. Antonius
• Agnes Maria Francisca Antonia Walters (81), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Dijke van (88), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Bernard D'havé (65), Gent
• Antje Koster (66)
• Arend Niezen (59), Utrecht

• 1972 » Alexandra Tydings, American actress, director, writer and producer
• 1972 » Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
• 1973 » Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Surya Bonaly, French figure skater
• 1974 » Garath Archer, English rugby player
• 1974 » P. J. Byrne American actor
• 1975 » Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper
• 1976 » Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Kim Eagles, Canadian sport shooter

• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)

• 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 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
• 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.
• 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.
• November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
• December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on December 15, 1974 was between 3.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.