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• Angelique Maria Emilia Visch, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthony Wayne Tjepkes, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 1976)
• Jeffry Erwin Kreukniet († 1976)
• Gerjan Schoemaker († 2022)
• Angélique Maria Emilia Visch, Utrecht
• Mandy Delia Owens, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Abraham David Roos (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Boone (84), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United States of America
• Adriana Johanna Maria Nagtzaam (75), ,, Oudenbosch, Nederland
• Aafke ROORDA (72)
• Adriana Cornelia van Wijngaarden (81), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice DEBUS (67), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Stolk (68), Heenvliet Z.H
• Anthony Wayne Tjepkes (0), Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
• Adriana Maria Verboven (74), De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Wijngaarden (81), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1974 » Ian Pearce, English footballer and assistant manager
• 1975 » Ashley Cowan, English cricketer
• 1976 » Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
• 1976 » Ayelet Shaked, Israeli Minister of Justice (2015-2019)
• 1976 » Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 » Calvin Booth, American basketball player
• 1976 » Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1976 » Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1977 » Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 » Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter

• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)

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 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).
• January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
• 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 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• August 7 » Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.

The temperature on May 7, 1976 was between 11.5 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.