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• Kami Jo Korver († 1978)

• Antje Stam (89), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arien van Oostveen (66), Utrecht
• Adriaantje van Splunter (71), den Haag
• Christina (Tena) Star (87), Kalamazoo,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia Zonneveld (82)
• Balbina LLEO REGLA (73), Gérone, Catalogne, Espagne
• Adrianus Johannes Marie Werf, van der (58), 's Gravenhage
• Arien van Oostveen (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Booying (76), Brunssum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Plugge (81), Den Helder, den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1973 » Chris Sutton, English footballer
• 1973 » Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 » Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer, full back and assistant manager
• 1976 » Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
• 1978 » Benjamin Burnley, American musician
• 1978 » Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 » Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1981 » Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer
• 1982 » Kwame Brown, American basketball player
• 1983 » Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player

• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
• 1992 » Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
• 1997 » LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. Mark
5. David
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 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

The temperature on March 10, 1978 was between 6.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.