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• Rik den Outer († 1999)
• Astrid van den Broek, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Barbara Denise Alain Lagast, A.Z. Sint Lucas, Sint Lucaslaan 29, Brugge-Assebroek († 1976)
• Luna Marie VANDEROSTYNE († 1976)
• Mary-Lou Goossens († 1987)

• Anna Petronella van Dongen (74), Dongen, Gemeente Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arend van der Velden (84), Delft
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Hoeven (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert de Lange (80), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis VAN LEUKEN (93), Eindhoven
• Anthonie Olthof (87), Haren NL
• Antoon Heedfeld (86), Tongeren, België
• Anna Christina Alberda van Ekenstein (86), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Christina Jozefina (Fien) Raemaekers (70), Heerlen, Nederland
• Anthonie Olthof (87), Haren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1973 » Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer
• 1973 » Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1974 » Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 » Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
• 1975 » Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1975 » Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1977 » Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
• 1978 » Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player
• 1978 » Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 1988 » Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)

• 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 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

The temperature on January 12, 1976 was between 8.8 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.