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• Derk Pieter Borggreve (79), Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carel Helmert Frankruijter (70), Burlington, Halton, Ontario (CND)
• Barendina Hendrika Trübendorffer (84), Heerhugowaard
• Bertha Lina Petri (83), Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• C.C.C. van STOLK (86), U.S.A
• Adrianus Willem Wingelaar (82), Vianen
• Cornelis Petrus van Merrienboer (57), Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Andrew Jackson Allen (73), Opelika, Lee, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Stuiver (81)
• Albertus Nijman (77), Alkmaar

• 1975 » Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
• 1976 » Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
• 1979 » Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1979 » Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1980 » Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1980 » Antonio Gates, American football player
• 1980 » Craig Mottram, Australian runner
• 1980 » Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
• 1980 » Tara Platt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1974 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (b. 1884)
• 1980 » André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1982 » Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1982 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1912)
• 1984 » Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934)

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.
• March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
• 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.
• November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
• December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

The temperature on June 18, 1978 was between 7.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.