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• Ilan LEVITA, Tel Aviv, Israel († 1979)
• Daniel Wayne Konynenbelt, Lethbridge, AB, Canada († 2011)
• Sonja Bergé
• rob antonius wilhelmus (rob) verhoeven

• Antonius van de Berg (94)
• Baukje Hofstra (78), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Geers (95), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Albertus Georgius Hilaire Gullentops
• Adriana Pieternella Opperman (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Atje Boom (61), -
• Adrianus Marinus Verbunt (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Sijtske Postma (86), Amsterdam
• Adriana Blankenstein (87), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Blankenstein (87), Zeist

• 1974 » Cyril Despres, French rally racer
• 1974 » Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 » Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
• 1974 » Rokia Traoré, Malian singer
• 1975 » Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
• 1975 » Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
• 1975 » Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1975 » Reto Hug, Swiss triathlonist
• 1976 » Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 1976 » Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer

• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)

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. Mariska

• 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.
• January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
• January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
• May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
• June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
• July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
• August 11 » East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.

The temperature on January 24, 1975 was between 3.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.