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• Jason Edward Oldershaw, Leeton,NS, Nederland

• (85), Kamerik
• Albert Dee Robison (67), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Anko Harms (56), Eelde, Nederland
• Antje Cornelis Nijdam (81)
• Arie Manten (81), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernadetta Stannard (66), Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States of America
• Beatrice Brunner
• Bonifacius Christianus Geerts (89)
• Antje Kiel (74), Winschoten
• Adalbert Thal (61), Bussum, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1974 » Anne Charrier, French actress
• 1974 » Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
• 1974 » Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1975 » Lionel Torres, French archer
• 1975 » Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
• 1975 » Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
• 1976 » Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 » Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1976 » Leila Lejeune, French handballer
• 1976 » Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist

• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1971 » Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1975 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1977 » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)

• 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 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
• June 1 » The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.
• August 15 » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
• September 24 » Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
• October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
• November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.

The temperature on March 16, 1975 was between -0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.