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• Kelly Seiders († 1997)
• Samuel Keikilani Keliikoa, Honolulu (Oahu) (Hawaii) († 2021)

• Aldegondis Schreurs (79), Roermond
• Christiaan de Graaf (83)
• Eduard Hubertus van der Sluis (87), Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Harmina Stiekema (62), Hoogeveen
• Cornelis Joseph Vielvoije (66), Rotterdam Nederland
• Beverley Dawn STEVENSON (HANKINSON) (37), Freemantle, W A. Australia
• Alphonsius Johannes de Wilde (48), Goirle
• Antonia Therese Brundel (60)
• Dominicus Albertus van ECK (71), Utrecht
• Amelia Correa de Moraes (90), Marilia, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1973 » Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
• 1974 » Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver († 2002)
• 1974 » Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
• 1974 » Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
• 1974 » Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
• 1975 » Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1976 » Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
• 1976 » Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter

• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
• 1979 » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)

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 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
• February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• April 29 » Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
• June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
• December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

The temperature on August 11, 1974 was between 11.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.