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• Patrick Stolk († 1993)
• Liana Middendorp, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Jason Nathaniel Williamson († 2003)
• Shelley Grobben, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States († 1976)
• Brigitte Huijbregts († 1988)

• Alex Eustace King [|||] (13), Columbus County, North Carolina
• Anna Catharina Timmers (86), Haarlem
• Anna van der Wal (82), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Buijk (71)
• Dingenis Verschuure (88), Wemeldinge
• Dirk Cornelis van Borselen (67), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alipio Ferreira Maciel (81), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Christina Elisabeth Adams (80), Nijmegen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Molen (50), Beek
• Dirk KRIJTENBURG (67), Voorburg

• 1973 » Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1973 » Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1974 » Jennifer Lien, American actress
• 1975 » Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1975 » Roberto Colombo, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor, writer, director, and producer
• 1976 » Funke Akindele, Nigerian actress
• 1976 » Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1976 » Simon Dennis, English rower and academic

• 1967 » Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)

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.
• April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
• May 30 » European Space Agency is established.
• 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 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
• October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
• November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

The temperature on August 24, 1975 was between 9.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.