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• Marcel Cornelis Martinus van der Horst, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kristen Marie Opper, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2023)
• Peter van den Borne, Izegem (B) († 1996)
• Randal Alexander Smit, Purmerend († 2018)
• Maria Somers, Tilburg
• Natascha Margaretha Kooij, Huizen († 2004)

• Antonius Warnawa (92), Schiedam
• Berend Jan ter Wengel (78), Hengelo
• Antonia Maria van der Pluijm (86), Oudenbosch
• Aukje van Balen (79), Noardburgum (TYT), Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Brummel (85), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Elizabeth van Tol (74), Sloten
• Cornelis Rinze Valk (58), Delft
• Catharina TERPSTRA (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Hoogstraten (49), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Zuiderveen (160), Midwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1973 » Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1973 » Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 » Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
• 1973 » Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
• 1973 » Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
• 1975 » John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 » Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 » Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1975 » Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist

• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1968 » Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
• 1981 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)
• 1984 » Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)

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 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
• 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.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on April 7, 1974 was between 5.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.