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• Saskia Maria van der Hulst, Purmerend, NHO, Nederland († 1982)
• Hillery Rose Kleve († 1990)
• Jennifer Lee Schook, Racine, Wisconsin (US) († 1974)
• Patrick John Burke, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States († 2011)

• Cornelis Teske (78), De Bilt(UT)
• Ada Birden Hixson (78), Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
• Bernardus SCHOTEL (86)
• Cornelissen Anna Catharina (59), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van Drunen (72), Udenhout
• Cornelia Adriana Dieleman (81), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigje Dekker (86), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Beek (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina Cornelissen (59), Valkenswaard
• Christiaan Jacobus van der Zwan (88), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1971 » Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach
• 1972 » Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1972 » Christophe Dominici, French rugby player
• 1972 » Michael Diamond, Australian shooter
• 1973 » Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 » Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer
• 1974 » Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Indian film director, writer and actor
• 1975 » Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1976 » Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player

• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

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 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
• April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
• 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.
• June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

The temperature on May 20, 1974 was between 8.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.