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• Abdon Pijpelink

• Abrahamina Maria Hoope (79), 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Arlinda Senem (51), Salto Grande, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Cornelia Elisabeth Drost (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Clara Maria Catharina Michielse (78), Turnhout, België
• Andreas Markus Johannes Deelman (81), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Jan Blikman (54), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Jan Blikman (54), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alieda Ida Marie Meyers (82), Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin, United States
• Antonius Petrus Hendrikus Meijer (65), Rotterdam
• Antonius Wilhelmus Masseurs (90), Tilburg

• 1974 » Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor
• 1975 » Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach
• 1975 » Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
• 1975 » Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 » Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1976 » Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player
• 1976 » Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player
• 1976 » Silje Vige, Norwegian singer
• 1977 » Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer

• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

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.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
• June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
• July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• July 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• 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 May 24, 1976 was between 6.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.