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• Marloes Johanna Maria Catharina Godefroy, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Martijn Hjalmer Roetman, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland

• Aleida Harmina Smalbraak (81), Winterswijk
• Arend Steenkamp (66)
• Antoni Termijn (76)
• Carlos Piesaar (29), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Diena KNOOT (86), Eenigenburg (86 jaar)
• Cornelia Engelina Maria van Wees (92), Beverwijk
• Cornelis (Nelis) Spaan (68)
• Bernardus Kamp (82)
• August Uytterhoeven (91), Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, 2861, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aaltien Bos, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1975 » Diego Spotorno, Ecuadorian actor
• 1975 » Mariada Pieridi, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1976 » Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 » Chris Horn, American football player
• 1978 » Prodromos Nikolaidis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 » Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
• 1979 » Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
• 1979 » Daniel Díaz, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 » Libuše Průšová, Czech tennis player
• 1979 » Lucinda Ruh, Swiss figure skater and coach

• 1967 » Tom Simpson, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Gabrielle Roy, Canadian engineer and author (b. 1909)

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.
• March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
• May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
• June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
• November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
• December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

The temperature on July 13, 1978 was between 9.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.