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• Fokke Pander († 2003)
• Patricia Lynn van der Steen, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota († 2015)
• Frederic Jean Hubert Marie Heyligers, Maaseik

• Antonius Krah (71), Goirle
• Anna Maria Catharina Reijers (81), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Locadia Mievis (89), Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriaan Leewis (87), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Alphonsus Torremans (76), Turnhout, België
• Antonius Wilhelmus van den Heuvel (79), Amsterdam
• Carolus Johannes Asselbergs (70), Breda
• Beulah Lee Lankford (77), Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Beeuwkje Talsma (82), -
• Aris van der Vlies (77), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1973 » Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player
• 1973 » Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1973 » Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 » Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
• 1974 » Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 » Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater

• 1967 » Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Jeroen
5. Peter
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.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
• December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The temperature on December 4, 1974 was between 6.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.