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• Jeffrey Allen Pippen, Glasgow, Valley Co., MT († 1996)
• Stephanie Ann Grothoff, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1975)

• Adriana Dirven (85), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus Antonius Bernardus Stroband (91), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Theresia VAN STAPPEN (74), Oostende,8400,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Theresia genannt Hedwig Gaertig (92), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Alida Barbara Kaptein (76), Den Haag
• Adolf Breetvelt (82), Amstelveen
• Antonius Fredericus Vanroye (84), Velm, België
• Arie Schaap (28)
• Ans de kleijn (69), lincoln city, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Mulder (57), Amsterdam (NL)

• 1973 » Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 » Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer
• 1974 » Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Indian film director, writer and actor
• 1975 » Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1976 » Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 » Angela Goethals, American actress
• 1977 » Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer
• 1977 » Matt Czuchry, American actor
• 1977 » Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player

• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. David
6. Mark
7. Michael
8. Patrick
9. Richard
10. Dennis
11. Robert
12. Hendrik
13. Paul
14. Martijn
15. Bart
16. Pieter

1. Maria
2. Monique
3. Sandra
4. Johanna
5. Wendy
6. Bianca
7. Linda
8. Cindy
9. Esther
10. Marieke
11. Judith
12. Patricia
13. Jennifer
14. Nicole
15. Miranda
16. Yvonne

• 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 13.6 million citizens.
• May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
• June 25 » Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
• September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
• October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
• November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
• November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.

The temperature on May 20, 1975 was between 5.3 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.