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• Klaas de Jong, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1996)
• Benno Marinus Verbraeken, Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Charrice Dotinga, Bellingham († 2020)
• Mara Sharon Ledeboer
• Elisabeth Hendrika van den Born († 1981)
• Pascal CASTELAIN, Menen († 2009)
• David Debackere

• Antje van der Kwast (70)
• Christina Pearl Morrow (78), Standish, Arenac, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Maria Gijsbrechts (62), Breda
• Bernadette Maria ESTERH√ÅZY (63), Bern, Bern, Zwitserland
• Bertus Rijsdijk (58), Dordrecht
• Dr. William Matthew Doll (82), Omro, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Elias Johan Haanschoten (68), Emmen, Drente, NL
• Arie Brobbel (88), Vlaardingen
• Eino Rokka (69), Finland
• Dirk Daniël Johannes de Rijk (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Michael Rutter, English motorcycle racer
• 1972 » Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
• 1973 » Brady Clark, American baseball player
• 1973 » Derrick Brooks, American football player
• 1973 » Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
• 1974 » Mark Tremonti, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 » Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer
• 1976 » Gavin Creel, American actor and singer
• 1976 » Melissa Joan Hart, American actress, director, and producer

• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)

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.
• May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
• July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
• November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
• 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 18, 1974 was between 2.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.