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• Marieke Wilhelmina Agnes Elshof, Eibergen († 1994)
• Frank de Boer, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)
• Alcione Jochem, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2000)
• ankie rutten, helden-panningen
• Donald John Wingett, Normal, Mclean County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• maria hubertina (monique) vercoulen, horst
• Frans Hazeleger († 1993)

• AMALIE Katharina Hedwig PRIGGE (101), Plaas Tafelberg, Piet Retief, Suid Afrika
• Catharina Johanna van Beijsterveldt (79), Ermelo, Nederland
• Bernardus Joannes Priemus (65), Tilburg, Holland
• Andries van EIJKEN Hzn (78), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Albert Luke DIRKSEN (86), Worthington,Minnesota
• Adrianna Fischer (78), Grand Rapids Kent (USA)
• Carolus Marie Carlier (73), Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Groot (49), Enschede
• Antje Ykes Visser (77)
• Astrid Struiksma (1), Lichtenvoorde

• 1972 » Robert Coles, English golfer
• 1973 » Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1973 » Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
• 1973 » Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
• 1973 » Sudeep, Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter
• 1974 » Steven Johnson, Australian race car driver
• 1975 » Jill Janus, American singer († 2018)
• 1975 » MC Chris, American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
• 1976 » Syleena Johnson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress

• 1965 » Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1973 » J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1976 » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
• 1977 » Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)

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 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
• February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
• August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
• 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 September 2, 1974 was between 8.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.