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• Fabian Kampstra, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 1978)
• Richard Geene, Rotterdam

• Anna - Marie Notschaele (89), Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Maria Smit (93), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Alberta Meijer (78), Alphen aan den Rijn,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Bertus (88), Echt
• Aaltje Wiersma (90)
• "Howard" Robard Hughes (70), Houston, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anais Esther Van Nieuwenhove (68), Belœil, België
• Anna Gerharda Eelsing (81)
• Aaltje Hekhuis (33)
• Andries Vervoort (73), Zwijndrecht, Nederland

• 1976 » Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka
• 1976 » Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1976 » Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer
• 1976 » Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
• 1976 » Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 » Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer
• 1976 » Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player
• 1976 » Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Sterling K. Brown, American actor
• 1976 » Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner

• 1974 » Bino Bini, Italian fencer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899)
• 1975 » Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891)
• 1975 » Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Harry Wyld, British cyclist (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
• 1976 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (b. 1894)

• 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 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
• July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
• August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 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 April 5, 1976 was between 2.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.