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• Bert Steenbergen († 2012)
• Josephine Astrid van Gaalen, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1977)
• Trevor Lee Duininck, Kandiyohi, MN
• Saskia Johanna van der Kooi, Katwijk
• Gerardus Hendricus Bernardus (Jeroen) BECKS († 2002)

• Anna Catharina Alberts (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Brummelhuis (61), Hengelo
• Alberta ter Wal (49)
• Arie Hermanus Gerretsen (87), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Magalhães Jorge (77)
• Antonius Cornelis Schobben (79), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Cristina Blankvoort (92), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
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• Arie van der Hoek (100)
• Adrianus Cornelis (Janus) Kamp (68), Waspik

• 1975 » Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1975 » David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1975 » Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
• 1975 » Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1975 » Shawn Camp, American baseball player
• 1976 » Dominic Armato, American voice actor
• 1976 » Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• 1976 » Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
• 1976 » Sage Francis, American rapper
• 1976 » Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter

• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

• 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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• 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.
• March 24 » In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
• 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.
• September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
• November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

The temperature on November 18, 1976 was between 5.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.