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• Petra van der Meer, Delft, Nederland († 2019)
• Michel Gerard Josephus du Pont († 1976)
• Wim BEX, Neerpelt (B) († 2012)
• Jacqueline Peters, Papendrecht († 2015)

• Berend Jan Spalink (71), Tubbergen
• Alma Antoinette Portune (72), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Ainko Harm Buurma (73), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Linterman (54), Nijmegen
• August Wos (81)
• Albert Laurens Mellink (79), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Susanna Karman (86), Apeldoorn
• Antonius Bernardus (Anton) GÖTZ (74), Zaandam,Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Anna Maria Theresia Moorman (74), Amsterdam
• Bernard Theodor Schulte (53), Omaha, NE

• 1974 » Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1974 » Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi, Bangladeshi member of parliament
• 1975 » Anthony Parker, American basketball player
• 1975 » Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
• 1976 » Anar Baghirov, Azerbaijani lawyer
• 1976 » Anita Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1976 » Bryan Hughes, English footballer and manager
• 1976 » Dennis Crowley, American businessman, co-founded Foursquare
• 1978 » Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
• 1978 » Zoe Saldana, American actress

• 1966 » Ed Wynn, American actor and comedian (b. 1886)
• 1968 » James Joseph Sweeney, American bishop (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Sam Giancana, American mob boss (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1933)
• 1979 » Paul Popenoe, American explorer and scholar, founded Relationship counseling (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Anya Phillips, Chinese-American band manager and co-founder of the Mudd Club (b. 1955)
• 1984 » Lee Krasner, American painter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
• 1987 » Margaret Carver Leighton, American author (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)

• 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 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
• May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
• July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.

The temperature on June 19, 1976 was between 12.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.