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• Arjan Kleine, Beilen, Denthe, Nederland
• Bart Frans Willem Vanthoor, Veghel
• Jelle Spinder, IJsselmuiden, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1982)
• Dirk Albertus Klaassen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Jelle SPINDER, IJsselmuiden Overijssel Netherlands († 1982)
• A.R.J. SMITHUIS, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Albert Medendorp (64), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia van den Bergh (65), Roermond,LB, Nederland
• Emil G Kittler (72), Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Francina Margaretha van Nie (79), Amsterdam
• Clarence Evans (80), Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Robert Ritsema van Eck (71), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augusta Baert (68), Toulouse, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Hubertina Schoffelen (31), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Brouwer (80), Orange City, Sioux City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Anna McSwain (75)

• 1974 » Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
• 1974 » Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1974 » Lexi Alexander, American film and television director
• 1974 » Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
• 1974 » Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman
• 1975 » Eliza Carthy, English folk musician
• 1975 » Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
• 1976 » Pat Garrity, American basketball player
• 1977 » Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1977 » Jared Fogle, former spokesperson for chain restaurant Subway

• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)
• 1982 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1987 » Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (b. 1952)
• 1989 » Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)

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 Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
• February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
• July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
• November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

The temperature on August 23, 1976 was between 10.3 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.