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• Renee Leah Rehm († 1975)
• Johannes Hendricus Wilhelmus (Arjan) Koopman, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maarten Amos Willemse, Purmerend
• Renee Leah Rehm († 1975)
• Tessa Mathilde Klomberg, 's-Gravenhage

• "Otto" Christian Archibald von Bismarck-Schönhausen (78), Friedrichsruh, Aumühle, Schleswig-Holstein, Allemagne
• Anna Beving (88), Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa
• Alberta Arlietta de Lange (79)
• Albertus Tienkamp (60), Eindhoven
• Albertus Tienkamp (60), Eindhoven
• Antonie Petrus Rombouts (84), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardina Maria Paddenburg (96), Weerselo
• Anna Maria Allaerts (85), Turnhout
• Anthonie P. Rombouts (84), Terheyden
• Arend van Ginkel (61)

• 1973 » Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist
• 1973 » Liu Dong, Chinese-Spanish runner
• 1973 » Paul Foot, English comedian
• 1973 » Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer
• 1974 » J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
• 1974 » Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
• 1974 » Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer
• 1974 » Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
• 1976 » Linda Ferga, French hurdler

• 1969 » Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1969 » Cortelia Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1907)
• 1969 » Olivia FitzRoy, English soldier and author (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1927)
• 1971 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)

• 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 13 » Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
• April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• April 4 » Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
• June 5 » The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
• July 12 » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
• August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

The temperature on December 24, 1975 was between 3.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.