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• Martin Rozeboom, Steggerda
• Mariska Carolina Flach, Rotterdam († 2021)
• Willem Maarten Spijkhoven, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Lammert Klaas De Jong, De Wilgen, Friesland, Nederland († 1976)
• Julie Gussenhoven († 2006)
• Cindy Castelijn
• Lorens Huibrecht Jacob Milhous

• Bertha Julia Culp (93), Laren, The Netherlands
• Albert A Johnson (73), Muskegon Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Maria Onbekend (83), Gent, 9000, België
• Bauke Groothof (85)
• Andrew ANTOL (70), N. Huntingdon
• Arie Jongewaard (85), Whatcom County, Washington (USA)
• Alfons Van Borm (82), Bornem,2880,Antwerpen,BE
• Analda Lacombe (91), L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Alice Edith LYSNAR (66), Wellington Saint, Epsom, Auckland New Zealand
• Georges Louis Josephine van Vyve (73), Sijsele (B)

• 1975 » Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 » Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1975 » Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 » Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
• 1976 » Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
• 1976 » Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
• 1976 » Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 » Danny Murphy, English international footballer, midfielder and sportscaster
• 1977 » Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1973 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
• 1977 » Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1978 » Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)

• 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.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
• July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
• 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 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

The temperature on March 18, 1976 was between 1.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.