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• Jason Kapronczai Figora, Osasco, São Paulo, Brasil († 1975)
• Monique Teunis, Alkmaar
• Martinus Antonius Mathijs Stolwijk, Meije Z.H († 2013)
• Jeroen Vincent Visser, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Remco Denys Visser, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Rogilla Mahieu, Veurne († 2012)
• David McCullough († 1975)
• Menno Witte, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)

• Arnoudina Johanna van Heemstra (63), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bregtje Van der Meer (56)
• Anna Maria Veldhuis (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Cornelia Bakx (57), Welberg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoudina Johanna barones van Heemstra (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alice Mildred Fenstermacher (83), Buffalo, Erie Co.Pennsylvania
• Aaltje Visscher (67), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aalzen Gerbens Boonstra (93), Zuidlaren
• Arend Jan Riphagen (80), Heerde-Wapenveld
• Antonius Theodorus van Gijlswijk (85), Leidschendam

• 1973 » Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1974 » Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1975 » Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1976 » Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1976 » John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 » Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Ben Ainslie, English sailor

• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
• 1971 » Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)
• 1972 » Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
• 1983 » Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)

• 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 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
• February 21 » Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
• April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
• September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
• October 10 » Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
• November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.

The temperature on February 5, 1975 was between -3.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.