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• Johanna Jacoba Baars, Amsterdam
• Lianne van Krieken († 2022)
• Deborah L. van der Weit
• John Michael Kieft, Grand Haven Michigan USA, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Heath Joseph Monroe († 2021)
• Desiree Therese van Baaren

• Antje de Vries (89), Haulerwijk, gemeente Ooststellingwerf
• Cornelia de Klein (80)
• Adrianus Johannes Stijnman (59), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia SLOOTMANS (85), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van der Helm (94), Rijswijk
• Adrianus Johannes (Bram) Stijnman (59), Heemstede
• Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald PRIMROSE (92)
• Adriana Knoot (78), Numansdorp
• Bernardus Looman (77), Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland
• Clara Anna Maria Wallert (72), Amsterdam

• 1972 » Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Big L, American rapper († 1999)
• 1974 » CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1974 » David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach
• 1975 » Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
• 1975 » Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman
• 1976 » Radoslav Nesterović, Slovenian-Greek basketball player

• 1967 » Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)
• 1975 » Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (b. 1942)

• 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 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.
• March 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The temperature on May 30, 1974 was between 0.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.