About the day » Tuesday January 17, 1978Calender converter

• Ingrid Saerens, Gent

• Catharina HUIBERTS (80), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dorenberg (54), Elmpt
• antonia van RAAMSDONK (90)
• Alfons Antonius Vandingenen (80), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aaron Timothy Burden (87)
• Aaldert de With (Wit) (94), Terband
• Cornelia Budding (65)
• Cornelis Guijt (68), Katwijk
• Aaltje Otto (82), Schagen, Nederland
• Bridget Nunan Noonan (66), New Line, Cork, Ireland

• 1974 » Derrick Mason, American football player
• 1974 » Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
• 1974 » Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
• 1975 » Freddy Rodriguez, American actor
• 1978 » Lisa Llorens, Australian Paralympian
• 1978 » Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter
• 1980 » Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
• 1980 » Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
• 1980 » Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 » Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer and manager

• 1970 » Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1977 » Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 1977 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
• 1981 » Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)

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 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
• June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
• 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.

The temperature on January 17, 1978 was between 2.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.