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• Gwen Meijer, Harlingen († 1980)

• Ane Anes Bloem (92), Vlieland
• Anna Maria Philomena Van Naelten (75), Wiekevorst, 2222, België
• Anton Keller (89), Capelle aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus LANGELAAN (63), Den Haag ('s Gravenhage), 2491, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Deterink (65), Almelo
• Clara Esther Pence (87), Adams, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Jogchums Jager (82), ,,, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius van de Wijngaard (60)
• Clyde Edwards (73)
• Albert Kalsbeek (86)

• 1972 » Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 » Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
• 1974 » Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975 » Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
• 1975 » Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Kara Wolters, American basketball player
• 1975 » Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1977 » Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)

• 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 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
• March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
• April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
• April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
• August 15 » Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
• December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

The temperature on August 15, 1975 was between 15.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.