About the day » Friday August 1, 1975Calender converter

• Geert Nentjes († 2011)
• Sandra Imelda Sophia Schoots, Wageningen († 2013)
• Geert Nentjes, Urk († 2011)
• Francky Dick, Roeselare († 2022)
• Gise van Leeuwen († 2003)

• Antje Kossen (71), Broek op Langedijk
• Ardina Johanna Wilhelmina Maria van Houdt (78), Tegelen
• Bertrand Leslie King (69)
• Anna Maria Rosalia Catharina Weckx (89), Balen, Antwerpen, België
• Alida Meulenkamp (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Tiller (84), Kaukapakapa NZ
• Alida Bakker (63), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (73)
• Astrid van der Lans (33)
• Arie Berkel (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1974 » Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
• 1974 » Cher Calvin, American journalist
• 1974 » Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach
• 1974 » Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist († 2014)
• 1974 » Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer
• 1975 » Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
• 1976 » David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1976 » Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
• 1976 » Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer

• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
• 1980 » Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)

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. Nicole
14. Jennifer
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.
• 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.
• February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• July 12 » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
• September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
• November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
• November 11 » Independence of Angola.

The temperature on August 1, 1975 was between 14.5 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.