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• Evert Kasteel, Arnhem
• Aafke Cooijmans († 2020)
• Dave Schaefers, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Ronald Elbers, Schiedam († 1993)
• Ferry Schutrups († 1990)
• Joost Jansen

• Berend DE WEME (75)
• Armenia Harmine "Minnie" Reinema (91), Oregon, Ogle Co., IL
• Aukje Wieringa * (67)
• Arie Gerritsz de Leeuw (74), Laren
• Anna Maria Bierman (66), Nijmegen
• Arie de Koter (76), Burlington, Ontario, Canada
• Aaltien Jans Slagmolen (80), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltien Slagmolen (80), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aukje Wieringa (67)
• Cecília Beppler (81), Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1975 » Meb Keflezighi, American runner
• 1976 » Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1976 » Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
• 1976 » Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
• 1976 » Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 » Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 » DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1980 » Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1980 » Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer

• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)

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. Linda
6. Marieke
7. Monique
8. Jennifer
9. Wendy
10. Jessica
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.
• January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
• November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.

The temperature on May 5, 1978 was between 8.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.