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• Diana Noordzij
• Martine Ypes Albada († 1976)

• Arie Terreehorst (82), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Pilon (90), -
• Anna Maria Hendrika COETZER (72), Ventersdorp
• Adrianus Franciscus Hereygers (80), Turnhout, België
• Bryan van Wyhe (79), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa
• Clazina Maria Berg (65), Leiden
• Adrianus Cornelus Johannes BEEX (58), Hoogeloon (NL/NB)
• Carl William Haller (61), Bellvue Hospital, New York
• Aafjen Romeling (59), Appingedam
• Cornelia Neeltje Oosterlee (79), Rozenburg, Nederland

• 1973 » Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1974 » Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Leslie Knope, Protagonist of Parks and Recreation (fictional)
• 1976 » Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 » Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
• 1978 » Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1978 » Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist

• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Robert
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Ronald
16. Bart

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 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.
• February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
• February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• March 24 » In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
• March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
• October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.

The temperature on January 18, 1976 was between 2.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.