About the day » Sunday October 1, 1978Calender converter

• Joost Mulder, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Alfonso Anton-Pacheco van Rooij, Madrid, Spanje

• Ariën van den Brink (47), Putten
• Anna Catharina (Johannes Geven) Spekken (68), Loon op Zand
• Bertha Eugenia Jennie Drawdy (83), Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, United States of America
• Amy M. Davis (84), Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana
• Adrianus Henricus van der Vooren (76), Leiden, Nederland
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Varkevisser (92), Albenga, Italië
• Ale Pieters Bosscha (70), Oosternijkerk
• Adriana Wilhelmina Key (78), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendrikus Kanaar (72), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Buck Richard Pennington (52), Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
• 1977 » Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 » Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1978 » Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 » Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 » Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 » Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 » Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 » Ryan Pontbriand, American football player

• 1970 » Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)

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.
• January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
• August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.

The temperature on October 1, 1978 was between 7.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.