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• Gwen Meijer, Harlingen († 1980)

• Antonius van de Wijngaard (60)
• Anton Keller (89), Capelle aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan de Leeuw (82)
• Albert Ludwick Hopp (99), Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States of America
• Cornelia Bosch (64), Leerdam
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Hubertus Claessens (89), Maastricht
• Cecilia Isabelle Smissaert van de Haere (70), San Remo, Ligurië
• Anna Cornelia Braun (76), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Deterink (65), Almelo
• Catharina Jogchums Jager (82), ,,, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1972 » Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 » Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
• 1974 » Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975 » Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
• 1975 » Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Kara Wolters, American basketball player
• 1975 » Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1977 » Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)

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. Pieter
16. Bart

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. Nicole
14. Jennifer
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.
• February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
• March 11 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
• June 25 » Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
• September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
• September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
• November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.

The temperature on August 15, 1975 was between 15.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.