About the day » Wednesday May 10, 1978Calender converter

• Vera Derksen, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Gertjan Flims († 1997)
• Martin van Neerbos († 2004)
• Casimirus Rudolphus Cornelius Augustinus Bernardus Corbeij, Sittard († 2013)

• Anna Maria de Moel (75), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Schlüter (75)
• Cornelia Nijhof (82), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Anne Jellema (68), Denia, Spanje
• Arendje Remmelzwaal (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Balthasar Soetens (48)
• Akke de Vries (75)
• Cornelis Leendert Kloet (75), Zierikzee
• Amélie Maria Bellaire (94), Mirecourt
• Annie Louisa Brown (94), 2 Bury Mead, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

• 1972 » Christian Wörns, German footballer
• 1973 » Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
• 1973 » Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player
• 1974 » Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
• 1975 » Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 » Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
• 1981 » Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
• 1981 » Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player
• 1983 » Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education

• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)
• 1994 » John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b. 1942)

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. Marieke
6. Linda
7. Monique
8. Jessica
9. Jennifer
10. Wendy
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 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
• 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.
• September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
• December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The temperature on May 10, 1978 was between 5.6 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.