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

• Cornelia Francisca Johanna Haans (57), Tilburg
• Aaltje de Jong (73), Assen Drenthe Nederland
• Arie Jan Hoek (55), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Bode (57), Esch
• Bernhard Frank Bensink (32)
• Christina Johanna Schippers (84), Zwammerdam
• * Jan Lubbartus van Beek (76), Geldermalsen
• Bastiaantje van Driel (40), Rotorua, Nieuw-Zeeland
• Coenradus Kroesen (74), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daniel Reid Topping (61), Miami Beach, Dade, Florida, United States

• 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)

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 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
• April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

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.