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• Marco Alfredo Guerrato, San Vito al Tagliamento
• Dennis Bitter, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1978)
• Mirjam Spuybroek, Hellevoetsluis, Neth
• Dennis Bitter († 1978)
• Raymond Johannes Henricus Gehring († 2013)

• Arnoldus van Stippent (88), Wijchen
• Derk Roelfsema (82), Wagenborgen (Termunten)
• Cornelis Jan Kamp (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacobusd Perlee (89), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Alexander Frederik Clemens Maurits Alphons baron van Lamsweerde (84), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Catharina Cornelia Hoffman, 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelius Alphonsus Machielse (63), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis (Cor) Berk (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Tijken (84), Steenderen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arent Willem Quint (74), Doorn

• 1977 » Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer
• 1977 » Nate Fox, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1977 » Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer
• 1978 » Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete
• 1979 » Iain Balshaw, English rugby player
• 1979 » Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer
• 1979 » Noé Pamarot, French footballer
• 1979 » Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model
• 1979 » Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player

• 1968 » Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 » Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
• 1976 » José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1978 » F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
• 1986 » Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (b. 1908)

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 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• 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.
• February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
• March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

The temperature on April 14, 1978 was between -0.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.