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• Torleif Larsen, Narvik, Nordland, Noorwegen († 2011)
• wilhelmus hubertus margaretha jozefus (wim) van der wouw
• Anna Maria van Zijl, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Joyce Brouwer, Terschelling
• Hendrikus Snetselaar, Ede

• Christiaan Kroon (85), Nunspeet
• Aaltje Kapma (69), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aleida Harmsen (89), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Leeuwen (86), Putten
• Arthur Joseph Marie Cammaert (63), Sluiskil
• Christianus Petrus Henricus Cecilia van de Vorst (16), Deurne
• Constance KOCK (84), Voorburg, ZH, Netherlands
• Cornelia Alberts Flokstra (65), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie van der Eijk (71), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Kantelberg (92), Bakel

• 1972 » Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1972 » Franco Battaini, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1972 » Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Seth Fisher, American illustrator († 2006)
• 1973 » Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer
• 1973 » Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author
• 1973 » Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1974 » Franka Potente, German actress
• 1977 » Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player

• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1986 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)

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 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
• February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
• May 15 » Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• 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.

The temperature on July 22, 1974 was between 11.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.