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• Daan Tolen, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Tina Maree HARRIS, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1978)
• bert rutten, helden-beringe
• Jennie Hekman, Radewijk († 1979)
• Ferdi van den Toorn, Wassenaar
• Bas van Stenis († 2011)
• Jennie Hekman, Radewijk, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1979)
• (Stillborn) KORT, Rutten Flevoland Netherlands († 1978)

• BASTIAAN VAN DER WINDT (71), DELFT
• Carolus Joannes Rooij, van (74), Tilburg, Nederland
• Berend Bos (55), Baarn
• Aloysius Josephus Maria van der Pauw (47), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie (Adrianus) Hogedoorn (86), Lisse
• Arie van der Meij (62), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Magdalena Vercouteren (80), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Cornelia Johanna van Groenestein (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Slotboom (59), Utrecht
• Cornelis Roozen (78), Oudenbosch, 4731, Nederland

• 1977 » Darren Manzella, American sergeant († 2013)
• 1977 » Lindsay Sloane, American actress
• 1977 » Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
• 1977 » Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist
• 1977 » Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 » Alan Maybury, Irish footballer and coach
• 1978 » Louis Saha, French footballer
• 1978 » Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
• 1979 » Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
• 1979 » Richard Harwood, English cellist

• 1971 » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)
• 1975 » Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1982 » Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920)
• 1984 » Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 1984 » Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)

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 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.

The temperature on August 8, 1978 was between 10.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.