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• Kristie Ann KEATING († 2020)
• Ivo Koelink († 2006)
• Foka Hedzers Tiemersma, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Ronald Smit, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Rodney Schrier, Iowa († 2006)
• Marijke Korse, Hoogkarspel
• Manon Romijn, Leiderdorp

• Bauke Wouters Pietersma (93)
• Alberta Margaretha (Bertha) Albertha Fleer (85), Zwolle
• Alfred Hertrampf (77)
• Andrew Wesley Bullington (65), Milan, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
• Anna Maria Damoiseaux (78), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonie Cassa (62), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Koster (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Klaas (77), Geesteren
• Bauke Pietersma (93)
• Alice DE SCHAMPHELEIRE (70), Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke,9767,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1971 » Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
• 1972 » Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
• 1972 » Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
• 1973 » Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
• 1973 » Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
• 1973 » Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
• 1975 » Keon Clark, American basketball player
• 1976 » Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
• 1976 » Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
• 1977 » Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer

• 1968 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1973 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)

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. Yvonne

• 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.
• May 30 » European Space Agency is established.
• June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
• August 3 » A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
• September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
• October 10 » Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
• November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.

The temperature on April 16, 1975 was between 5.2 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.