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• Monique Rozenberg, Jubbega († 1974)
• Maaike Hol, 's Hertogenbosch († 1974)
• Harm Harry Arends, Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2016)
• Richard Allen Ling, Hearne, Robertson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1994)

• Cornelis Petrus Johannes van Eeden (77), Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Louis Frederic Crommelin (72), Paris, Seine, France
• Elisabeth Fredrika Hageman (84), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Gijsbertus Reijnen (76), Hollandale (Minnesota), Verenigde Staten
• Casper Christian Adema (72), Daly City, San Mateo, California, United States
• Bessie Keith (90), Trussville, Jefferson, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Vink (73), Spijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Paanen (76), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carrol Withington Frazier (73), Sacramento, Sacramento, California, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Klaver (79), Spanbroek

• 1972 » Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1972 » David Charvet, French actor and singer
• 1974 » Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
• 1974 » Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
• 1974 » Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
• 1974 » Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1975 » Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
• 1975 » Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
• 1976 » Torraye Braggs, American basketball player

• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)

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.
• 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 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• May 15 » Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
• December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The temperature on May 15, 1974 was between 9.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.