About the day » Tuesday May 2, 1978Calender converter

• Frederik Jan Bolks († 2001)
• Kirsten Elisabeth Bernadette van Uffelen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Maya Langenaken, Hasselt, België († 1978)

• Berend Schonewille (76), Klazienaveen, Emmen
• Anna Alting (75)
• Arie Bak (75), Gouda
• Catharina Johanna Louisa Hoevels (86), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van der Schaar (91), Ede
• Arendina Doorn (85)
• * Johanna de Waal (97), Wijk en Aalburg
• Abraham Stodel (71), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Schonewille (77), Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annetje SPRONK (89), Hazerswoude

• 1977 » Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
• 1977 » Fredrik Malm, Swedish journalist and politician
• 1977 » Jan Fitschen, German runner
• 1977 » Jenna von Oÿ, American actress and singer
• 1977 » Kalle Palander, Finnish skier
• 1977 » Luke Hudson, American baseball player
• 1978 » Melvin Ely, American basketball player
• 1978 » Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Peter
8. Johannes
9. Patrick
10. Michael
11. Robert
12. Pieter
13. Richard
14. Paul
15. Bart
16. Willem

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Patricia
5. Marieke
6. Linda
7. Monique
8. Jessica
9. Jennifer
10. Wendy
11. Esther
12. Kim
13. Anna
14. Bianca
15. Cornelia
16. Cindy

• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
• March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
• March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

The temperature on May 2, 1978 was between 8.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.