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• Tara Elizabeth Krommendyk, Sheldon-Iowa (USA) († 2014)
• Jammie Mock
• Marisa Pauli, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1976)
• Johannes Christn Caspers, unbekannt († 2013)
• Johannes Christiaan Wouter Caspers, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Bart Vrijsen, Lommel, Limburg, België († 2019)
• Anthonius Clemens Maria (Ferry) Bakker, Wateringen, Nederland († 2024)

• Adriaantje Houtman (79), delft
• Catharina Verdult * (94), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna BOGERS (88), Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• August Richard Vanwalleghem (68)
• Carolina Blaauw (63), Veendam,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Gijsbert van de Berg (72)
• Annigje Maria van der Heiden (7)
• Aagtje Kornelis van der Tuin (94), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aagtje van der Tuin (94), Harkema Opeinde,Frl
• Aaltje van den Esschert (82), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1974 » John Hopoate, Tongan-Australian rugby league player and boxer
• 1974 » Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
• 1974 » Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
• 1976 » Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
• 1977 » Jeff Foster, American basketball player
• 1978 » Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
• 1979 » Aaliyah, American singer and actress († 2001)
• 1979 » Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1968 » Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer

• 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 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
• October 6 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.

The temperature on January 16, 1976 was between 7.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.