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• Agatha Johanna Martha van Gansewinkel, Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Debra Jeane Habermann, Princetown, MN

• Anthonius de Graaf (91), Heemskerk, Netherlands
• Albert Lanjouw (83)
• Albert Peppelenbos (59), Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria TRUYMAN (79), Beveren
• Burnetta Meeuwenberg (63), Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, VS
• Anthonius de Graaf (91), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Fransooi (78), Middelburg (Zeeland)
• Aartje van de WETERINGH (85), leerdam
• Arie van den Ham (75), Windsor Ontario
• Alice Wilhelmina GRIFFIN (77), Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten

• 1972 » Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1973 » Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
• 1974 » Kily González, Argentine footballer
• 1975 » Andy Hallett, American actor and singer († 2009)
• 1975 » Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
• 1975 » Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
• 1975 » Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Jeroen
5. Peter
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.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
• December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
• December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

The temperature on August 4, 1974 was between 13.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 30.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.