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• Judith van der Horst
• Herman Prijs († 2010)
• Dennis Franciscus Bernardus Robben, Doetinchem

• Antonia Johanna Uijtjens (86), Kerkrade
• cornelia wilhelmina maria (corry) engels (33), helden-panningen
• Adriaan van Oudenaarde (65)
• Binnert Binnes Douma (72), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Morsink (80), Almelo
• Catharina Maria van der Steen (91), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van der Steen (91), Bergen
• Cornelis Plompen (68), Rotterdam
• Arnold Rudolf (Rudi) Soe Foek Tjon Poen Gie (38)
• Anna Catharina Mostmans (77), beerse

• 1973 » Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
• 1974 » Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974 » Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
• 1976 » Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
• 1976 » Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
• 1976 » Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
• 1977 » Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
• 1977 » Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
• 1982 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)

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

• 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.
• April 29 » Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
• May 6 » During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide.
• July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
• September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
• October 16 » Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
• November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.

The temperature on October 8, 1975 was between 6.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.