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• Martinus Johannes Roelofs, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bertha Johanna van der Pol, Erichem (gemeente Buren) († 1976)

• Carel Gerard Lingbeek* (83), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Antonius Sebastiaan Piekar (87), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Schrooten (73), Niel-bij-As, Provincie Limburg, België
• Diederica Johanna van Kerkwijk (71), Amsterdam
• Anna Pieternella Koets (82), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Cornelis Willem Berendrecht (70), Amsterdam
• Dina Torsy (59), Rotterdam
• Antonius de Graaf (86), Breda
• Dina Torsij (59), Rotterdam
• Bessie Iva Demerice (87)

• 1975 » Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1976 » Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Desmond Harrington, American actor
• 1976 » Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
• 1976 » Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1976 » Michael Young, American baseball player
• 1976 » Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
• 1976 » Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1977 » Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
• 1977 » Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor

• 1965 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1969 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)

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.
• 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.
• April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
• April 11 » The Apple I is created.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.

The temperature on October 19, 1976 was between 6.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.