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• Guido Johannes van Zomeren, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Linda Maria van Kesteren, Hilversum
• Jared Peter Bootsma, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2005)

• * Petronella Martina Joosten (82), Mierlo
• Adriana Petronella Lenaars (74), Wouw
• Clara Marie Larsen (69), Wheatland, Clinton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Vonk (57), Delft (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Frederika Burgering (84), Alkmaar
• Adriana Wilhelmina Heerkens (76), Haaren
• Adriana Warmenhoven (73), Haarlemmermeer
• Caroline johanna Viëtor (92), amsterdam
• Andries Pieter Tovar (55), Sas van Gent
• Albert Bakker (48)

• 1973 » Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1975 » Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1976 » Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1976 » John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 » Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Ben Ainslie, English sailor
• 1978 » Brian Russell, American football player
• 1978 » Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist

• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
• 1971 » Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)
• 1972 » Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
• 1983 » Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)

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 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
• June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
• July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock

The temperature on February 5, 1976 was between -1.1 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.