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• Janna Marchien le Clercq, Gouda († 1991)
• Aleja C. Leal
• Annelies Van Bauwel, Schoten

• Dirk Cornelis van Ginhoven (66), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alain Anton Joseph Adolf Ignaz Maria de Rohan-Guéméné (83), Wien, Autriche
• * Marinus Snoeij (84), Gouda
• Agnes Lehana Enders (82), Elkhart, Indiana, United States
• Antje Willems (80)
• Anna Harms Veenstra (81), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Alain de Rohan (83), Vienne (Wien), Vienne, Autriche
• Alberta Gerharda Wilhelmina Maria Oude Nijhuis (56), Hengelo
• Alain Anton Joseph Adolf Ignaz Maria de Rohan (83), Wenen
• Cornelis Kemmeren (78), Loon op Zand

• 1973 » Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1973 » Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
• 1973 » Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
• 1973 » Sudeep, Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter
• 1974 » Steven Johnson, Australian race car driver
• 1975 » Jill Janus, American singer († 2018)
• 1975 » MC Chris, American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
• 1976 » Syleena Johnson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 » Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer

• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1973 » J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1976 » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
• 1977 » Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (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.
• March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
• July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
• 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.
• September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
• November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
• December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.

The temperature on September 2, 1976 was between 9.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.