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• Michelle Lee Stob
• van Genderen († 1976)
• Arjan Braams († 1976)
• Christopher Michael Westendorf, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2004)
• Matthew Charles Higdon, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana († 1983)

• Anna Ernstes Bruinsma (81), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• ??????????? à???????????bele Jager (71), Heerenveen
• Adriaan Kempeneers (82), St. Philipsland, Nederland
• Aartje van Beek (76), Nijkerk, Nederland
• Anton Vermaak (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje (Aal) Ammeraal (75), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Helena Boeding (40), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Admiraal (75), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Palings (89), Roosendaal (NB-NLD)
• Adriaan Kempeneers (82), St. Philipsland

• 1974 » Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor
• 1974 » Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper
• 1975 » Jerome James, American basketball player
• 1975 » Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer
• 1975 » Lee Carseldine, Australian cricketer
• 1976 » Diane Neal, American actress and director
• 1977 » Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
• 1978 » Glen Air, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 1978 » Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman

• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)

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.
• June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
• September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
• September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

The temperature on November 17, 1976 was between 6.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.