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• Silvester Mulders
• Sjoerd Vesters († 1994)
• Robert Vern Cooper († 1976)

• Albert Johan Backer (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Somers (63)
• André Gerrit Kos (56), Bussum, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Posthumus (92)
• Christina Magdaline Jacobs (74), Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, United States
• Anna Maria Ederzeel (76), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Doff (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aalt Zwart (73)
• Christiaan van Erp (89), Berkel-Enschot
• Antonius-Petrus Polman (66)

• 1975 » Ian D'Sa, English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 » Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 » Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1976 » Maurice Taylor, American basketball player
• 1976 » Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
• 1978 » Dan Poulter, English physician and politician
• 1978 » Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
• 1978 » Martin Dossett, American football player
• 1978 » Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 » Stephanie Izard, American chef

• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (b. 1887)
• 1982 » Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (b. 1904)

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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• April 11 » The Apple I is created.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
• July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

The temperature on October 30, 1976 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.