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• Christian Benjamin Spring, Salt Lake City (USA) († 2014)
• Johannes Hoekstra († 1994)
• Suzanne Barberton, Kaapstad
• Johannes Hoekstra, Urk († 1994)
• Daphne Gelske Geerts Neef († 2014)

• van Opdorp (84), Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Constantius Raymondus van Limbergen (61), Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Edward Uffert Saathoff (87), Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois
• Adrianus Janus Hockers (54), Achel, België
• van Holstein (71)
• Carolina Marissens (96), Wezemaal
• Catharina Maria Dorothea Wouters (89), Tilburg
• Abraham van der Land (76)
• Dorothea Lucia van Heerde (84), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van Tintelen (74), Opijnen

• 1973 » Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 1973 » J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 1973 » Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
• 1974 » Belinda Emmett, Australian actress († 2006)
• 1974 » Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Marley Shelton, American actress
• 1974 » Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1974 » Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Brad Miller, American basketball player
• 1976 » Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner

• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1983 » Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)

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

• 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.
• June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
• June 29 » Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
• 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.
• September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
• October 16 » Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.

The temperature on April 12, 1975 was between 4.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.