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• Donald Clark Finnegan, Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 2004)
• N.N. Broekema, Hoogezand († 1976)
• Trent Ernest Jensen, Bountiful, Davis, Utah

• Clare Luella Brown (90), Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, VS
• Anna Henriette Maria Kraetzer (85), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Christiaan Dijkstra (83)
• Agatha Geertruda de Rijk (69), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Vernon Todd **** (87), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Anna-Berbera Plandsoen (0), Renesse
• Annechien Piek (81), Nieuw-Roden
• Adrianus van Geel (68), Oosterhout
• Adrianus Christiaan Johannes Verschoor (75), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Marrigje Haagsman (84), Benschop

• 1972 » Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-American model and actor
• 1972 » Dave Williams, American singer († 2002)
• 1972 » Mike Pollitt, English footballer and coach
• 1972 » Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1972 » Sylvie Lubamba, Italian showgirl
• 1976 » Gehad Grisha, Egyptian soccer referee
• 1976 » Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
• 1976 » Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
• 1976 » Terrence Long, American baseball player
• 1976 » Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player

• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Yigal Allon, Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Ludwik Starski, Polish screenwriter and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ruth Pitter, English poet and author (b. 1897)

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.
• February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.
• December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

The temperature on February 29, 1976 was between 2.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.