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• Ilone Beekelaar, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jozef Petrus Zeijen, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aniela Maria Elisabeth Eva Prinses Czartoryska-Klewan (80), Warschau
• Cornelia Maria Hubertina Cremers (77), Roermond, Nederland
• Dirk Schriek (74)
• Antonius Rijkers (75), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Arie den Hollander (60), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella van Ooijen (88), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Huisman (79), Groningen
• Aaltje Boelens (81), Amsterdam
• Dirk Romkes Kalma (80)
• Cornelis Christiaan RENAUD (94), Voorburg, ZH, Nederland

• 1975 » Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer
• 1975 » Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1975 » Willie Anderson, American football player
• 1976 » Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach
• 1977 » Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer
• 1979 » Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer
• 1980 » Kevin Powers, American soldier and author
• 1980 » Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler

• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
• 1987 » Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)

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.
• February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
• December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

The temperature on July 11, 1978 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.