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• Lonnie Stanley Clewis († 2001)
• Dennis Gerardus Hendrikus Liebrand, Doetinchem
• Jurgen Everaert, ST-AMANDSBERG
• Aart Dirk Overheul († 1996)
• Dymphie(Dymphie) van der Zalm, Amsterdam

• Christopher Ertman (84), Berrien, Berrien, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Samuel van Rhijn (85), Vredendal ZA
• Douglas John Cowley (73), Oudtshoorn, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa
• Celina Walschap (93), Bornem
• Adrianus Spieringhs (84), Goirle
• Cornelius Iv Vanderbilt (76), Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, United States
• Antonius L. den Haan (63)
• Cornelis de Rooij (87), Yerseke
• Andries Johannes Lafeber (59), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Warnaar (79), vlaardingen

• 1972 » Kirsten Vangsness, American actress and writer
• 1972 » Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
• 1972 » Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
• 1973 » José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 » Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player († 2011)
• 1974 » Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Adam Nelson, American shot putter
• 1975 » Louis Koen, South African rugby player
• 1975 » Tony Benshoof, American luger
• 1976 » Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress

• 1965 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1971 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1976 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
• 1980 » Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (b. 1901)

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. Jennifer

• 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 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
• September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

The temperature on July 7, 1974 was between 11.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.