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• Ans Margaretha Helena van Klinken († 1980)
• Roy Allen Fife, Gridley, Butte, California, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Andrey Verdonck, Ukkel († 1978)

• Anna Valkering (72), Limmen
• Alice Elizabeth Stocks (88), Spearsville, Union Parish, LA
• Adrianus Marinus van der Aa (79), Eindhoven
• elisabeth gerarda paulina houthuijs (80), amsterdam
• Christina Henriëtte Catharina van Gool (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Marie Costanzo (58), Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Schorsij (70), Den Helder
• Bessie C. James (81), Franklin County, Georgia
• Carl Russel Sivits (79), Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, United States of America
• Albert Riemersma (71), -

• 1976 » Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager
• 1977 » Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper
• 1977 » Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 » Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
• 1977 » Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician
• 1978 » Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1979 » LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player

• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
• 1995 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)

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.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
• June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• 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.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

The temperature on June 23, 1978 was between 10.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.