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• Annechiena Altena († 1976)
• Kim Beirens, Borgerhout,, Antwerpen, België († 1984)
• Joan Carel Röell, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands († 1976)
• Martijn Pieter Langbroek, Assen († 1976)
• Tia Joy Leenstra, Willmar, MN
• Bryan Donald Lusk († 2007)
• Paul Lommerse, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Claudia van Diepen, Obdam († 1976)

• Anna Maria Rosa Janssen (72), Puth
• Anna Maria Gommers (71), Zundert
• Aaltje Lekkerkerker (88), Linschoten
• Anthonie Arie Oranje (77), Apeldoorn
• anna maria theodora (annie) de wit (25), venray (ziekenhuis)
• Coral Pearl JORDAN (68), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• anna verspa (82), horst
• Adrianus Martinus Bakkers (77), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Arnoldus Hogeboom (100), Leimuiden
• Catharina Nellissen (77), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1974 » Cyril Despres, French rally racer
• 1974 » Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
• 1975 » Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
• 1975 » Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1975 » Reto Hug, Swiss triathlonist
• 1976 » Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 1976 » Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
• 1977 » Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
• 1977 » Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer

• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
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.
• February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• April 11 » The Apple I is created.
• July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
• August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
• September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

The temperature on January 24, 1976 was between -1.6 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.