About the day » Thursday December 26, 1974Calender converter

• Frédéric de LANNOY, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2022)
• Cory James Heitz, Monterey, Monterey, California, United States († 1996)
• Remko van der Honing, Leeuwarden († 2013)
• Patrick van Heumen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Sander Hubbers
• Davy Inghels († 2007)
• Davy Inghels, Sint Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2007)

• Don Thomas Perry (72), Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States
• Aafke Wadners (93)
• Clara Maria Breugelmans (82), Borgerhout
• Elly Maximiliane Goldman (70), Perth,Cambridge,Western Australia,Australia
• Bartele van der Wal (83), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Dirk Jan Snijder (73), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berendina Fiets (72)
• Antje Atsma (76), Bolsward
• Dirk Petersen (84)
• Cornelius Vermeer (59), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

• 1972 » Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
• 1972 » Robert Muchamore, English author
• 1973 » Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
• 1973 » Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1973 » Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Steve Prescott, English rugby player († 2013)
• 1974 » Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player
• 1975 » María Vasco, Spanish race walker
• 1975 » Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player

• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)

• 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 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• April 8 » At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
• May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
• December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

The temperature on December 26, 1974 was between 8.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.