About the day » Thursday December 2, 1976Calender converter

• Russell Glen Fowler, Oklahoma City († 1995)
• Simone Brandwijk († 2022)
• Cynthia Cop, Beveren
• Jan de Snaijer, Rockanje

• Clara Cornelia Wilking (84), Harderwijk
• Antje Hekman (86), Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Everdina van Gelderen (73), Rhenen
• Adriana Roos (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Martinus van Ruijven (65), Rijswijk, Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arthur Raymond Stillwell (85), Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arjen Roelofs HOEKSTRA (78), Ternaard (Westdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Catharina TROOST Jdr (76), Rijswijk, NL-ZH
• Cornelia VERSTEEG (67), Veenendaal (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Cornelis Jacobus (Coen) Paardekam (83), Ossendrecht, Netherlands

• 1975 » Mark Kotsay, American baseball player
• 1976 » Eddy Garabito, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 » Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1977 » Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer
• 1978 » Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 » Jason Collins, American basketball player
• 1978 » Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder
• 1978 » Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1978 » Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player

• 1969 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)
• 1974 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933)
• 1983 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (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.
• February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

The temperature on December 2, 1976 was between 1.6 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.