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• Tonja Kay Beekman, Yellow Medicine, MN
• Benny Van Guysse, Sint Pauwels (B)
• Dennis Gerhardus Albertus Stroink, Oldenzaal
• Cyrille Johannes Franciscus Stroink, Oldenzaal
• Betsy Johanna Wacanno, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Michal Moc († 2017)
• Kristopher J. BRAAKSMA († 1998)

• Byrdie Mae DAVID (68), Columbus, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• * Jan Lubbartus van Beek (76), Geldermalsen
• Cornelia Francisca Johanna Haans (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Virginia Sackx (84), Gent
• Catharina Wilhelmina de Bruijn (73), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Coenradus Kroesen (74), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Bastiaantje van Driel (40), Rotorua, Nieuw-Zeeland
• Arie Jan Hoek (55), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vreeken (87), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Coenradus Kroesen (74), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1972 » Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer († 2011)
• 1973 » Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 » Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 » Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 » John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
• 1976 » Marko Tomasović, Croatian pianist and composer
• 1976 » Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Ron Mercer, American basketball player

• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
• 1981 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)

• 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 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
• July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
• July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on May 18, 1974 was between 9.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.