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• Lennard Elsman, Rockanje
• Saskia Martina Piersma, Amsterdam
• Nathalie de la RUBIA, Malaga (SP),, France

• Barend Willem (Bart) Gerverdinck (55), Den Haag
• Carolina Johanna Maria Pijnappel (76), Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant)
• Archie Elwin Briggs (62), Sultan, Snohomish, Washington, United States
• Anna Helena van der Colk (89), Haarlem
• Carolina Johanna Maria Pijnappel (76), Eindhoven
• Donald Carl Parker (44)
• Albert Brouwer (84), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Engelbert-Charles Marie Henri Antoine François Prosper Ernest Gaspard D'ARENBERG (72), Monte Carlo Monaco
• Catharina Verloop (84), Hazerswoude
• Antonia Johanna Friederichs (70), Nijmegen

• 1972 » Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
• 1973 » Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 1973 » Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
• 1973 » Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
• 1974 » Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
• 1974 » Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
• 1975 » Chris Carpenter, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 » Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
• 1975 » Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 » Rabih Abdullah, American football player

• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)

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. Jennifer

• 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.
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
• 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.
• May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
• September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

The temperature on April 27, 1974 was between -0.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.