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• Emma Maria van Boxtel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Camiel Josephus (Camiel) Koster, Maastricht

• Cornelis Ludovicus Henricus Daamen (93), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United State, California, Verenigde Staten
• Barteld Jan de Boer (61), Luttelgeest
• Audrey de Boer (45), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Cornelis Hendriks Ruiter (72), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertina Francina Witsen Elias (78), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Barteld Jan de Boer (61), Luttelgeest
• Albertine Francia Witsen Elias (78), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Joannes Bruens (82), Tilburg
• Aparicio Agapito (71)
• Bernardus Anthonius Booij Liewes (81), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1976 » Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
• 1976 » Zach Johnson, American golfer
• 1977 » Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer
• 1977 » Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
• 1977 » Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
• 1978 » DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 » Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1978 » John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1978 » Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter

• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
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. Esther
11. Wendy
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 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
• February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
• March 2 » Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.

The temperature on February 24, 1978 was between 6.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.