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• Christine Marie Feiteira, Whittier, California, Verenigde Staten

• Blanche August Hendricks Cooper (53), South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Pauline Motoh (72), Heerlen
• Albertus Cornelis Petrus Hogerwerf (61)
• Diecemer de Zwaan (77), Nunspeet
• Alphonsus Joseph Marie (Fons) van Huijstee (68), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Alexander Henry Ernste (48), Faribault, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Besteman (87), Puttershoek
• Álvaro Augusto de Almeida (82), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Burton Gregory Buskirk (1958), Brooklyn, Kings, New York
• Anna Pauline MOTOH (72), Heerlen

• 1972 » Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter
• 1973 » Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
• 1975 » Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver
• 1975 » Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• 1975 » Kate Gosselin, American television personality
• 1975 » Shanna Moakler, American model
• 1976 » Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 » Lauren Weisberger, American author
• 1978 » Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1979 » Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality

• 1969 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1982 » William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (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 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
• January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• 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.
• 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 March 28, 1976 was between 4.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.