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• Remco Kohler, Helmond († 1993)
• Wouter Cornelis Greevink, Almelo († 1978)
• Stephanie Ariane van de Poll, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1978)
• Martijn Hardeman, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1978)
• Caroline Kolle, Den Haag († 1978)
• Eduard Joost Wittenaar, Delft, Nederland († 2016)
• Sara Jannetje Joosse, Meliskerke, Zeeland, NL († 1978)
• Johannes Wilhelmus van de Brug († 2004)

• Antonius Marinus van Melis (68), Veghel
• Albert Hupp (73), Carroll, Carroll, Iowa
• Antonius Franciscus Janssen (72), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Cleys (67), Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais,, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Kesteren (80), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aloysius Johannes Verzandvoort (80), Sittard
• Ariena Lenos (64)
• Andries van der Molen (53), Gemert, Gemert-Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alfons Smet (69), Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Carlo Alberto Maggi (79), Staten Island, Richmond, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1976 » Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter
• 1976 » Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark
• 1976 » Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
• 1977 » Abhishek Chaubey, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1978 » Bok van Blerk, South African singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 » Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1978 » Paweł Czapiewski, Polish runner
• 1979 » Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 1979 » Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 » Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer

• 1972 » Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946)
• 1973 » Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish pilot and politician (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French racing driver (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and educator (b. 1889)
• 1978 » George Paine, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Memduh Tağmaç, Turkish general (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Ray Ventura, French pianist and bandleader (b. 1908)
• 1981 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1889)

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. Linda
6. Marieke
7. Monique
8. Jennifer
9. Jessica
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 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

The temperature on March 30, 1978 was between 4.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.