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• Wendy Schimmel († 2005)
• Toni Haring
• Michiel Huub Bernard Rietbergen († 1991)

• Alfons Renard (67), Sint-Truiden, België
• Anne Abma (55), Hindeloopen
• Ariaantje Boer (85)
• Cornelia Johanna Jansen (79), Heerlen
• Annechien Warringa (70), Nieuw-Buinen, Borger,, Drenthe, Nederland
• bastiaantje trommel (70), scheveningen (zuid holland)
• Aimé (Amaat) Henri Leenaert (82)
• Berton Luther Johnson (88), Orlando, Orange Co., Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Bouwman (80)
• Charles Laurent Leonard Geens (81), Tampa, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1972 » Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria
• 1972 » Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
• 1972 » Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
• 1974 » Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 » 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1975 » Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
• 1975 » Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
• 1976 » Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
• 1976 » Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer

• 1966 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)

• 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.
• March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
• July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
• September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
• 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.

The temperature on July 6, 1974 was between 11.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.