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• Johannes van Helteren, Breda
• Renate nicolaas martina krekels, helden-grashoek
• Angela Marie Hale, Sikeston, MO († 2001)

• Akke Kuperus (73), Amstelveen
• Aaltje (Alie) Schenk (67), Waalwijk, Nederland
• Anne K. Zwart (78), Oostellingwerf
• Adriaan Wille Gerrit van Riemsdijk (67), Noordwijk
• Anna Krottje (50), Stiens
• Annie Semorest Houck (91), Danville, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adam Cornelis Bruin (54), Waarland
• Aaltje Kaptein (64), Utrecht
• Adriaan Willem Gerrit JHR. VAN RIEMSDIJK (67), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Paulissen (65), Hasselt

• 1974 » Joe Abercrombie, English author
• 1975 » Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 » Rob Penders, Dutch footballer
• 1975 » Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner
• 1975 » Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1976 » Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer († 2012)
• 1976 » Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
• 1977 » Donald Trump Jr., American businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump
• 1977 » Psy, South Korean musician
• 1977 » Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer and coach

• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
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. Saskia
11. Jennifer
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 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
• April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
• May 7 » The Honda Accord is officially launched.
• September 6 » Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.

The temperature on December 31, 1976 was between -4.8 and 2.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.