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• Alberta Bosch (83)
• Albert Jan Lassche (76), Steenwijkerwold
• Batie C. Gee (86), Jackson, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Andries van der Kloet (73), -
• Burnal Samuel BATES (83), Spokane County, Washington
• Aagje Deugd (84), Badhoevedorp
• Cornelis Groot (69), Purmerend
• Charlcia Florine Croy (61), Lovington, Lea, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Jacoba Vos (77)
• Anna Wilhelmina den Baars (84), Den Haag

• 1976 » Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1976 » Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Paul Konerko, American baseball player
• 1977 » Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
• 1978 » Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1978 » Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1978 » Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Lee Mears, English rugby player
• 1979 » Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer

• 1973 » Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1980 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
• 1982 » John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)

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. Jennifer
9. Esther
10. Jessica
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Bianca
14. Anna
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 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
• December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
• December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The temperature on March 5, 1978 was between 0.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.