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• Bernd-Jan Jansen, (het jaartal is niet zeker) († 1991)
• Philip Albion Beale († 1995)
• Bernd-Jan Jansen († 1991)

• Alphonse Guy Jolivet de Riencourt Masson de Longpré (75), Genève, Suisse
• Antonetta Johanna Algonda WIJTENBURG (75), Voorschoten
• Anna Adriana Koper (65)
• Adrianus Cornelisz. Adriaan Groot (53), Enkhuizen
• Amilde Emer (51), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Antje van Ravenswaaij (60), Bunnik
• Alice Verta Moore (56)
• Augusta Smith (61), Amsterdam
• Clinton Galley Tripp (82), Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
• Alewijn Boogaard (94), Meerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1970 » Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player and executive
• 1970 » John Filan, Australian footballer and coach
• 1970 » Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian
• 1971 » Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager
• 1971 » Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter
• 1972 » Big Show, American wrestler and actor
• 1974 » Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director
• 1976 » Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1976 » Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker
• 1977 » Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer

• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 1982 » John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)
• 1985 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)

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. Jennifer

• 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 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

The temperature on February 8, 1974 was between 0.3 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.