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• Kim Andrew TATNELL († 2021)
• Jan Koopman († 1993)

• Aaltje van der Reest (79), Nieuwerkerk
• Adriana Scheer (92), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Theodorus Bakker (86), Rotterdam
• Cornelis van de Klippe (76), Vlissingen
• Berend Kremer (98)
• Aaltje van der Reest (79), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Axel Ingvar Isaksson (55), Kävlingevägen 34, Lunds Allhelgonaförs (M)
• Adrianus Lambertus Derksen (77), Kew, Victoria, Australia
• Catharina H. ( Citha ) van der Vegt (67), Bilthoven
• Catharina van der Vegt (67)

• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.
• 1949 » Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter.
• 1954 » Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; twice a winner at the Tony Awards.
• 1954 » Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
• 1955 » Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons († 2015).
• 1956 » Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons.
• 1972 » Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor.

• 1968 » Randolph Churchill, English journalist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (b. 1925)
• 1968 » Kâzim Özalp, Turkish general and politician, 3rd Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1976 » J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (b. 1918)
• 1982 » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1984 » A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian soldier and author (b. 1912)

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.
• January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
• January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
• August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
• September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
• December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

The temperature on June 6, 1974 was between 7.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.