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• Lois Susan Keith († 1992)
• Diëgo Van Elslander († 2009)
• Cathy van Dijk, Spijkenisse († 2000)
• Christopher Pinckley, Alexandria, la († 1992)
• Johannes Marinus Antonius de Jong, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alwin Jonk, Haarlem
• Bertram Ruben Stolk, Brielle Z.H († 1981)

• Anneke Vd Velde (41), Mallorca, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
• Aart Kuijntjes (85), Hertogenbosch
• Attje Heines Keuning (95)
• Alex Lodewijk CALCOEN (89), De Panne,8660,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Berdina Wilhelmina Maria van der Lugt (67), Soest, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Groeneveld (84), amsterdam, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Broekhals (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
• Alfred Cornelis Pluym Pluijm (76), Sittard (NL)
• Attje Keuning (95), -
• Bastiaantje de Kok (69), Goudswaard

• 1972 » Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
• 1973 » Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
• 1973 » Vonda Ward, American boxer
• 1974 » Anne Charrier, French actress
• 1974 » Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
• 1974 » Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1975 » Lionel Torres, French archer
• 1975 » Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
• 1975 » Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
• 1976 » Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1971 » Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1975 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1977 » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)

• 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 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
• September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on March 16, 1974 was between 4.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.