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• Tara Lynne Enloe, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas († 1977)
• Anja Dijkstra, Emmen
• Curola de BROUWER, Leidschendam († 1977)

• Anna Cornelia van Santvliet (58), Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Luijten (71), Oosterhout
• Aalkie Staats (82), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Ewoldt (85)
• Adrianus Franciscus van de Wiel (84), Waalwijk
• Amelia L. Schaal (88), East Palestine, Columbiana, Ohio, United States
• Albertus Jacobus Bal (77), Den Haag
• Anna Maria (Zuster Philomena) Everdij (83), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Berhardina Maria Bischoff (65), Enschede, 7500, Nederland
• Alida Sombroek (82), 's-Gravenhage

• 1973 » Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
• 1973 » Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver
• 1973 » Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
• 1974 » Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 » Jill Craybas, American tennis player
• 1974 » La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer († 2003)
• 1976 » Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier
• 1978 » Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
• 1978 » Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player

• 1970 » Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1971 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
• 1971 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
• 1974 » André Randall, French actor (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)

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 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.
• December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

The temperature on July 4, 1976 was between 14.9 °C and 33.6 °C and averaged 25.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.