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• Monica Stroink, Halifax, Canada
• Jeroen van der Molen, Apeldoorn
• Adam Robert Lankerd, Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa County, Verenigde Staten († 2024)
• Joel Jason Buchele, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 1974)
• Hesper Schutte

• Andrew Harringa (86)
• Anna Wilhelmina Verduijn (80), Delft
• Cornelis Johannes van der Graaff (83), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Copal (54), Ostelbeers
• Augusta Maria Ruphina Cornelia van Rijckevorsel (86), Brussel, België
• Anton Cordes (67), Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA
• Bernardus Hendrikus Kwast (67)
• Carl Gerhardt Bresser (40), Madi, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Jerome Sillem (76), Leysin, Vaud, Zwitserl
• anna gertrudis giesen (79), hout-blerick

• 1971 » Brad Clontz, American baseball player
• 1971 » Sara Baras, Spanish dancer
• 1973 » Barbara Rittner, German tennis player
• 1973 » Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper
• 1973 » Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer
• 1975 » Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player
• 1976 » Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 » Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach
• 1976 » Tim Duncan, American basketball player

• 1961 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
• 1970 » Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1972 » George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (b.1947)
• 1976 » Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)
• 1982 » John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)
• 1983 » William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897)

• 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.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• April 8 » At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
• June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on April 25, 1974 was between 3.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.