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• paul w.m. keijsers, helden-koningslust
• Patricia van Leeuwen, Vlaardingen

• Anna Joanna Wilhelmina Bierens (74), Bergen op Zoom
• Arend Mooibroek (67), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Groeneweg (87), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Afra Schuit (66), Egmond-Binnen
• Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Stoevelaar (62)
• Bryon Sylvester Hutchins (90), Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States
• Aymar Erik Maria Graaf van Dampierre (65), Parijs
• Agnes Josephine Murray (75), Toronto, Canada
• Anna Johanna Wilhelmina Bierens (74), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1973 » Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
• 1975 » Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
• 1975 » Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1977 » Averno, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 » Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
• 1977 » Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 » Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1978 » Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist († 2001)
• 1978 » Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

• 1970 » Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1976 » Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 » James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
• 1979 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)

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. 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.
• January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
• January 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
• April 11 » The Apple I is created.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• November 24 » The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.

The temperature on May 9, 1976 was between 15.0 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.