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• Fiona Roosendaal van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2001)

• Anthonius Andreas MARSÉ (47), Alphen aan den Rijn, Prov. Zuid-Holland
• Aaldrik Doddema (69), Muntendam
• Bernard (Ben) Weyers (70)
• ARTHUR HENRICUS LOUWAGIE (87), Hesdin (F), 62140
• Adriaan Hommel (68), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Alphonsus Reynders (78), Heppen, 3971, België
• Adriaan Dirk Van der Veken (83)
• Aleida Johanna Voortman (82)
• Anna Adriana Maria De Loos (94), Den Haag
• Camille Albert René Levecq (74), Boussois, Nord, France

• 1973 » Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player
• 1973 » Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1973 » Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
• 1974 » Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 » Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
• 1977 » Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer
• 1977 » Darvis Patton, American sprinter
• 1977 » Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
• 1978 » Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress

• 1969 » Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)

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.
• January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
• July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
• July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
• 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 4, 1976 was between 0.5 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.