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• Pieter Dijkshoorn, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Antje Glim (81), Leiden, Nederland
• Clasina Alberta Hendriks (75), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• David D. (Dave) WONDAAL (83), Sumava Resorts Newton County Indiana U.S.A
• Dirk van der Wel (95), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Aarts (70), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Compaan (78)
• Egbert Broekman (96)
• Franklin Pierce "Frank" Todd **** (70), Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Antke Mulder (67)
• Eldon Merl Boomgaarden (42), Baudette, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• 1974 » Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
• 1975 » Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 » Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
• 1976 » Dan Black, English singer-songwriter
• 1976 » Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
• 1976 » Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 » Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 » Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
• 1977 » Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
• 1977 » Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater

• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1972 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Jack Foster, English cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1937)

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.
• 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.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
• October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

The temperature on November 16, 1976 was between 0.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.