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• Diana Noordzij
• Martine Ypes Albada († 1976)

• Aafjen Romeling (59), Appingedam
• Adrianus Franciscus Hereygers (80), Turnhout, België
• Carivaldina de Godoy Bueno (87), Cravinhos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bate Pit (76), Munster-Duitsland
• Anna Maria Wijers (86), Bakel, Nederland
• Aafjen Romeling (59), Appingedam, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje van Kesteren (86), Eindhoven
• Anna F Gall (73), Streator, La Salle County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Beex (58), Hoogeloon
• Bryan van Wyhe (79), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa

• 1973 » Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1974 » Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Leslie Knope, Protagonist of Parks and Recreation (fictional)
• 1976 » Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 » Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
• 1978 » Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1978 » Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist

• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Saskia
11. Jennifer
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• 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 13.7 million citizens.
• January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
• November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

The temperature on January 18, 1976 was between 2.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.