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• Johanna Geertruida Maria Vink, Noordwijk († 1974)
• Kristen H Robbins
• levenloos geboren kind († 1974)
• Bas Spoolder
• Johanna Geertrda Vink, Noordwijk († 1974)

• Catharina Alida Woerden, van (81), Lisse
• Bernardina Hendrika Brandsen (70), Woerden,Gemeente Woerden,Zuid Holland na 1987 behorend bij Utrecht,Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Teurlings (72), Bladel en Netersel, NB Netherlands
• Antonia Maria van der Zanden (82), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Clella May Jane Pugh (83), Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus Adrianus Anthonius van Holsteijn (73), 's-Gravenzande
• Wilhelmina Johanna Gertruda Ba(e)ten (75), Roosendaal
• Aartje Koetsier (50)
• Bernardus Johannes van der aar (74)
• August Florentinus Cornelis Jacobus Corsmit (84), 's Gravenhage

• 1972 » Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1972 » Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1973 » Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer
• 1973 » Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1973 » Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
• 1974 » Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
• 1975 » Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Natalie Zea, American actress
• 1975 » Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 1975 » Test, Canadian-American wrestler († 2009)

• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)

• 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 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
• August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

The temperature on March 17, 1974 was between 5.4 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.