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• Anna, Gräfin Czernin von Chudenitz († 1976)
• Anne Czernin de Chudenitz, Klagenfurt, Carinthie, Autriche († 1976)

• Catharina Elisabeth Leenders (86), Lanaken (Belgi√´)
• Anne Bok (83), Leeuwarden
• Alle Hoogeveen (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ottolina Thien (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Petrus Gerardus Verheist (77), Waalwijk
• Bessie May Culpepper (60), El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Mooij (85), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Timmermans (51), Dinteloord, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Visbeen (93), Sommelsdijk
• Anne Bok (83), Leeuwarden

• 1974 » Billy Koch, American baseball player
• 1975 » Ben Kay, English rugby player
• 1975 » Justin Furstenfeld, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 » André Couto, Portuguese race car driver
• 1976 » Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1976 » Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer
• 1976 » Sebastien Chaule, French-German rugby player
• 1976 » Tammy Blanchard, American actress and singer
• 1977 » Brendan Nash, Australian-Jamaican cricketer
• 1977 » Jamie Peacock, English rugby player and manager

• 1970 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Shahidullah Kaiser, Bangladeshi journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (b. 1896)

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.
• February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
• 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 December 14, 1976 was between -3.9 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.