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• Johannes Ignatius Theodorus van Sommeren, Wijchen
• Nacy Barbara Peter Gerardus Stijnen, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Carla Renae Cain (twin), Waterloo, Iowa, United States († 1975)
• Matthijs Brons, Alteveer (gem. Zuidwolde) († 1995)

• Aaltje Oostenbrink (78)
• Albert Joseph Marie Lejeune (65), Tilburg
• Alexandra Esther LEVY (74), Sutton, London, England
• Adrianus Theodorus Coolen (62), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Klazina "Toni" de Lange (43)
• Anna Theodora Suppers (87)
• Arthur Joseph Siplon Sr. (81), Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Schoen (83), Koedijk
• Aaltje Groen (76), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Hoeven (71), Weiburg, Hessen, Duitsland

• 1973 » Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1973 » Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 » Bernd Schneider, German footballer
• 1973 » Eli Marrero, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1974 » Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor
• 1974 » Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper
• 1975 » Jerome James, American basketball player
• 1975 » Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer
• 1975 » Lee Carseldine, Australian cricketer
• 1976 » Diane Neal, American actress and director

• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)

• 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.
• April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
• July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
• August 14 » The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
• November 7 » In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

The temperature on November 17, 1975 was between 7.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.