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• Derk Jan Obrink, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Hélène DE BEIR, Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2004)
• Joaquin Norberto Mettrop, Manizales-Caldas, Caldas, Colombia
• Renata Mozes, Hippolytushoef (gem Wieringen) († 1974)
• Albertina Abbring, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1975)
• Jeffery Harlan Stubbe († 1974)
• Wiek Kamiel Honig, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina Abbring, Groningen († 1975)

• Arend Jans Broersma (89)
• Barend Gerritsz Vis (88), Katwijk
• Carl Baker Reaves (76)
• (96), Almelo
• cornelia machteldje bliek (75), Den Haag-Zuid-Holland-NL
• Argo Fern STILLICK (68), Ilwaco, Pacific County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Barend Vis (88), Katwijk
• Anna Ariens Zwaan (72), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Zwaan (72), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Kuijer (43), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland

• 1970 » Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
• 1970 » Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
• 1971 » Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer († 1996)
• 1972 » Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist
• 1973 » Eddie Cibrian, American actor
• 1974 » Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer
• 1975 » Anthony Carter, American basketball player and coach
• 1977 » Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1977 » Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician
• 1977 » Kerry Wood, American baseball player

• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1971 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 » Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)

• 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.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.

The temperature on June 16, 1974 was between 14.9 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.