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• Peggy Jozef Roza Sauvillers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1989)
• Andi Fredriksz, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesië († 2020)
• Kramer († 1976)
• NN van Loon († 1976)
• Frans Weerstand († 1976)
• Frans Weerstand († 1976)
• Carlo Romano Christian Jansen, Amsterdam

• Catrinus Leenstra (78), Veenwouden
• Catharina Timmer (80), Purmerend
• Anna Monica Pia von Sachsen-Meissen (72), München, Bayern, Germany
• Aafje VERWER (70)
• Arthur Walter Niebuhr (68), Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Pia Monika Van Saksen (72), München
• Anna Mica (79)
• Anna Margaretha Klein (82)
• Kramer (0)
• Cornelia ROMKES (63)

• 1971 » Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager
• 1971 » Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter
• 1972 » Big Show, American wrestler and actor
• 1974 » Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director
• 1976 » Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1976 » Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker
• 1977 » Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer
• 1978 » Mick de Brenni, Australian politician
• 1979 » Aaron Cook, American baseball player
• 1980 » William Jackson Harper, American actor

• 1964 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 1982 » John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)
• 1985 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)

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.
• January 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
• July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

The temperature on February 8, 1976 was between 0.4 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.