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• Tom Hens, Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2011)
• Hans Maarten Bais, Den Helder († 1978)

• Aaltje Smit (82), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Richardus Maria Schölvinck (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon van Putten (53)
• Albert Valere DURNEZ (65), Beselare
• Cornelia Maria Straathof (77), Den Haag
• Antonius Franciscus Jacobus Brokken (80), Tilburg
• Antoon Speijers (91), Zetten (Gelderland)
• Adriana Pieternella Monster (85), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• ANNA FREDERIKA SCHINKEL (80), AMSTERDAM
• Aafke Wytzes Zijlstra (81), Franeker

• 1974 » Carrie Ann Baade, American painter and academic
• 1974 » Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
• 1974 » Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmentalist and author
• 1974 » Radek Černý, Czech international footballer, goalkeeper
• 1974 » Ruby Dhalla, Canadian chiropractor and politician
• 1974 » Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
• 1975 » Gary Neville, English footballer and coach
• 1976 » Bernadette Sembrano, Filipino journalist
• 1976 » Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
• 1976 » Leilani Munter, American race car driver and environmentalist

• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)

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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
• April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• May 7 » The Honda Accord is officially launched.
• October 6 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.

The temperature on February 18, 1976 was between 1.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.