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• Maarten Vandenbemden
• Marcel Oexman († 1998)
• Weinand Barma, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Krisztina Pénzes, Budapest

• Albert Philippo (61), Heemstede (NL)
• Bauke Jans Sikma (97)
• Carl Herman Schneck (73), Milbank, Grant, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Beert Westerink (91), Enschede
• Alexander Henricus Rudolphus Prenger (86), Nijmegen
• Andre August Ernest Antoine HERMANT (69), Lescherolles, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk
• Bauke Sikma (87), Sneek
• Elisabeth Janssen (91), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Ada Lucille Caniff (79), Pinellas County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Daniël Walraven (90)

• 1976 » Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
• 1976 » Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 » Calvin Booth, American basketball player
• 1976 » Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1976 » Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1977 » Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 » James Carter, American hurdler
• 1978 » Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1978 » Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
• 1979 » Katie Douglas, American basketball player

• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)

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.
• 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.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
• November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.

The temperature on May 7, 1978 was between 10.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.