About the day » Sunday December 29, 1974Calender converter

• Javier Mario Diaz Gonzalez, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico († 2020)
• Elmer von Grumbkow, Mijdrecht († 1990)
• Martin Westra, Delft

• * Johannes Antonius (Jan) poppen (58), Amsterdam
• Albert Abel Arthur BOGAERT (71), Rosendaël... Hauts de France
• Andries Groenendijk (68), Dirksland, Zeeland, NL
• Andreas Petrus Johannes Maria Storimans (76), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes van der Most (58), Slagharen
• Bart van der Grift (79), Woerden
• Albert Abel Arthur BOGAERT (71), Dunkerque, 59140, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Andries Miedema (71), St.Jacobiparochie
• Berend Locht (59)
• Adriana van der Nat (74), Katwijk, ZUI, Nederland

• 1972 » Jude Law, English actor
• 1973 » Theo Epstein, American businessman
• 1974 » Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
• 1974 » Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
• 1974 » Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
• 1975 » Jaret Wright, American baseball player
• 1975 » Shawn Hatosy, American actor
• 1976 » Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1976 » Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player

• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
• 1980 » Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1986 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)

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.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

The temperature on December 29, 1974 was between 4.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.