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• E.N.P. van der Burgt († 2012)
• Michael Lee Westra, Willmar, MN
• Gerrit Willem de Beurs, Den Helder
• Hans Lenaerts, Turnhout († 2019)

• Aad Adrianus van den Broek- (60)
• Catharina Johanna Schoots (65), Rotterdam
• Albert Frederick James Martin (59), aged 59 years, NSW, AU
• Clasina Johanna Klomp (86), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Theodora Adelheid van der Most (38), Wassenaar
• Anna Hauwert (86), Wervershoof
• Beertje Arendsen (87), Harderwijk
• Adriana Cornelia Govers (76), Breda, Nederland
• Cornelia Hoogesteger (67), Wemeldinge
• Arie Gerardus Hoek (68), Noordwijk

• 1972 » Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 1973 » Christian Panucci, Italian footballer and manager
• 1973 » J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 1973 » Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
• 1974 » Belinda Emmett, Australian actress († 2006)
• 1974 » Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Marley Shelton, American actress
• 1974 » Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1974 » Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)

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.
• January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
• September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
• December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on April 12, 1974 was between 4.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.