About the day » Thursday August 14, 1975Calender converter

• David van Belleghem († 1990)
• Judith Barends, Amsterdam
• David VAN BELLEGHEM († 1990)
• Andre Kuipers

• Adriana Cornelia Bastiaansen (72), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Asse Altena (73), Lutten
• Antonius Wulms (59), Weert
• Catharina Wilhelmina Platvoet (72), Den Helder
• Antoine Moranville (73)
• Cornelis (kees) Schilder (58), Volendam
• Doris Anita Lane (52), Marina, Monterey, California, Verenigde Staten
• David Guss Showers (92), Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States
• catharina wilhelmina verspa (65), tegelen
• Christiaan Paschedag (90), Weesp, Nederland

• 1972 » Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 » Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 » Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 » Paddy McGuinness, English comedian and television presenter
• 1974 » Chucky Atkins, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 » Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach
• 1976 » Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper
• 1977 » Ed Harcourt, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 » Juan Pierre, American baseball player

• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
• 1981 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
• 1982 » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)

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.
• February 4 » Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
• April 4 » Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
• April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
• 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".
• September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
• October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

The temperature on August 14, 1975 was between 15.7 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.