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• Hendrik Johannes Brenkman († 2004)
• Jelle M. Harinck († 1997)
• Thomas Alton Haller, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Simone de Bruin

• Anton Philipp Maria Josef Ignatius Georg Alexander de Croÿ (66), Kitzbühel, Tirol, Austria
• Anton v.Croy (66), Kitzbühel
• Cecília Waterkämper (60), Nova Veneza, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Cornelia Johanna Hagt (84), Klundert
• Antje Siebrens Aukje Mook (72), 's gravenhage
• Antonetta van der BRUGGE (69)
• Antje VERLOOP (83), Scharnegoutum, Wymbritseradeel
• Aplonia Jacoba Kappetijn (77), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jacobus Jacobs (75)
• Anton de Croÿ (66)

• 1973 » Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• 1974 » David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
• 1976 » Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress († 2017)
• 1976 » Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician
• 1976 » Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1977 » Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
• 1977 » Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1977 » Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Matt Diaz, American baseball player

• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)

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 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
• February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
• February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
• March 4 » The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
• August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
• September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

The temperature on March 3, 1976 was between -1.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.