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• Reinhart Adriaan van Belzen († 1993)
• Robert Koekenbier, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrik van der Veen, Pretoria, ZA
• Marsha Willenborg († 1980)
• Danny Ammerlaan, Eindhoven
• Jeroen Stefanus Vuijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Augustus Gerardus Maria van Laere (74), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Effie Jane Fox Lemley (86), Morgantown, Monongalia Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena Timmermans (82), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha BONNY (74), Oostende,,BELGIUM,West-Vlaanderen
• Dora van der Schaaf (73), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Daisy Douglas Wilson Richardson [KiBiBu] (92), Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
• Anthony J. Buschkoetter (80), Lawrence, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk de Koning (73), Rijnsburg
• Arie van der Lelij (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Alberdina Bergmann (74), Rheden,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1973 » Amanda Stretton, English race car driver and journalist
• 1973 » Ana Cristina Oliveira, Portuguese model and actress
• 1973 » Russell Bawden, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 » Andy Gomarsall, English rugby player
• 1975 » Eric Szmanda, American actor
• 1975 » Jamie Langenbrunner, American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Torrie Wilson, American model, fitness competitor, actress and professional wrestler
• 1975 » Tracey Crouch, English politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1976 » Rafer Alston, American basketball player
• 1976 » Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese race car driver and manager

• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (b. 1917)

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.
• January 2 » The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
• March 22 » A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
• June 20 » The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
• June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
• August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
• September 16 » Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

The temperature on July 24, 1975 was between 10.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.