About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1978Calender converter

• Tracey HILLARD, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1978)
• Marcel Boer, delfzijl

• Anna Maria van den Heuvel (66), Venray
• Antonius Hendricus (Antoon) Jansen (81), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bertram Clarence WOODS (80), Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
• Bernie Jay NELSON Jr (21), Kinsman, Trumbull, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus Dunant (56)
• Captain Gerald Milnes FitzGerald FSA, Archaeologist (94), Mount Pleasant Cambridge
• Adrianus Jonker (51)
• Arent Jan Nijland (86)
• Albert Bos (64), Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Christina White (96), White Rock,,B.C. Canada

• 1977 » Averno, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 » Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
• 1977 » Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 » Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1978 » Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist († 2001)
• 1978 » Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker, and music producer
• 1979 » Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Rosario Dawson, American actress

• 1976 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1976 » Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 » James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
• 1979 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)

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.
• March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.

The temperature on May 9, 1978 was between 6.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.