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• Sara Nelly Hijmans, Rotterdam
• Joel David Kuiken, U.S.A., Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Don, Krabbendijke († 1976)

• Cornelia Gerdina Laar (88), Deventer
• Adriaan Slabber (80), Vlissingen
• Antine C. Baars (52)
• Anna Ham (64), Nijeveen
• Antine Cornelia Martina Baars (52), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
• Coenradus Johannes Wilhelmus (Coen) van Riel (92), Noordwijk-Binnen, Nederland
• Cornelia van Bruggen (70), Zwolle,Zwolle,Overijssel,Nederland
• Christiaan Alfons Petrus (Chris) Hermans (56), De Bilt
• Coenradus Johannes Wilhelmus Onbekend (92), Noordwijk, Netherlands
• Antonie Hendrikus Snoeren (74), Waalwijk

• 1973 » Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
• 1973 » Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1974 » Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
• 1977 » Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• 1977 » Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
• 1978 » Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 » Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)

• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)

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 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
• February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• 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 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
• September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.

The temperature on December 21, 1976 was between 3.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.