About the day » Saturday July 3, 1976Calender converter

• Julie Stragier, Roeselare (B), België († 1978)
• Robin van Bergen van der Grijp, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arie Pasker (71), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje de Jong (78)
• AART MAARTEN SCHELLEVIS (74), FLORIDA, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Van den Berghe (75), Lagny, 03150, FRANCE
• Cees van de Mortel (27), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta Turien (58), Frankston (Australië)
• Aaltje STROEK (77), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Zon (51), Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Theodorus Zegstroo (62), Haarlem (NL)
• Albert Smeman (82), Assen

• 1973 » Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
• 1973 » Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer († 2013)
• 1973 » Paul Rauhihi, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1976 » Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby union player
• 1976 » Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster
• 1976 » Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player († 2011)
• 1976 » Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist
• 1977 » David Bowens, American football player
• 1978 » Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
• 1979 » Jamie Grove, English cricketer

• 1969 » Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1971 » Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
• 1978 » James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ross Martin, American actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (b. 1913)

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 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.
• February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
• May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

The temperature on July 3, 1976 was between 16.9 °C and 34.9 °C and averaged 26.3 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.