About the day » Saturday May 1, 1976Calender converter

• N.N. Toussaint, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1976)
• Marie Christina van Wiggen, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Roel Bart Adriaan Jacobs, Eersel († 2005)
• Roel Bart Adriaan Jacobs, Eersel, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Hendrika Jannie Held, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Herbert Gerrit Joseph Leus († 2021)

• Bernard William Huband (18), Ramona, San Diego, California, United States
• Auguste Emma Mücke (90), Mülheim an der Ruhr (Duitsland)
• Anthonet van Stee (78), Tholen
• Cornelius SEURS (74), Zutendaal (Limburg) (B)
• Anna Helena (Lena) Kocks (74), Barger Oosterveld gemeente Emmen (NL)
• Adam Dunn Duncan ** (75), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Anna Meyskens (72), Sint-Niklaas
• cornelis jacobus van wijk (65), rotterdam
• Arnoldus Aaldering (47), Wehl
• Alta Irzoa MaGill (87), Orange (Orange County) (California)

• 1973 » Curtis Martin, American football player
• 1973 » Mike Jesse, German footballer
• 1973 » Peter Baah, English footballer and manager
• 1975 » Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
• 1975 » Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)
• 1975 » Nina Hossain, English journalist
• 1976 » Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 » Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician
• 1978 » James Badge Dale, American actor

• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
• June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.

The temperature on May 1, 1976 was between -2.5 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.