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• Tanja Schellingerhout, Vennesla, Noorwegen
• Leslie Joe Phariss, Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Roel Goossens, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 2001)
• Belinda PITTAR († 1987)
• Sander Edelbroek, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna Jacoba Aalbers (68), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Paulus Aloijsius van den Hoven (51), Tilburg
• Antje Wijnia (74), Nunspeet, Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Christina Stroo (91)
• Beatrice Evelyn Swett (64), Newport, Orleans, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Christiana Stroo (91), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Cornelis Barend Donker (41), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Heeres VISSER (64), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Bornards Antonis van der Zwaan (76), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia (Kate) Mast (85), ,, Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1973 » Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 » Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1974 » Emma Shapplin, French soprano
• 1974 » Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
• 1975 » Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 » Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 » London Fletcher, American football player
• 1975 » Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 » Ed Cota, American basketball player
• 1976 » Kevin Garnett, American basketball player

• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)

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

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.
• January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
• April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
• June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
• August 4 » The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
• October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
• November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.

The temperature on May 19, 1975 was between 7.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.