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• Adrianus Arie Meijburg, Rotterdam († 1976)
• Stillborn Folkers, Mussel Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 1976)

• Arthur NYEHOLT (63), Hudsonville Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Bertha Lee Stidham (81), Houston, TX
• Antonius Vincenten (57), Breda,4803,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Asje Palland (91), Kamperveen
• Anna van Moorsel (86)
• catharina francina dekker (82), haarlem (noord holland)
• Anna Bruin (72), Den Helder
• Aaltje Reurink (51)
• Adriaan Ouwerkerk (82)
• Barendina ten Hoope (86), Amsterdam

• 1975 » Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
• 1975 » Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer († 2014)
• 1975 » Matt Fraction, American author
• 1975 » Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
• 1975 » Thomas Schie, Norwegian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1976 » Brently Heilbron, American actor and musician
• 1976 » Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player
• 1976 » Laura Ling, American journalist and author
• 1976 » Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
• 1977 » Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer

• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)

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 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• June 28 » The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.
• December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

The temperature on December 1, 1976 was between 2.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.