About the day » Monday August 21, 1978Calender converter

• Annette Margo Schouten († 2009)
• Janneke Bakker († 1994)
• Thomas Douglas Arline <KK BdSSDIOb>1, Denver, Adams County, Colorado († 2010)
• Michael Brian Warrell, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2009)

• Albrecht ( Albert ) Balanck (62), Brugge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie Akte
• Anna Elisabeth Heimans (84), Hilversum
• Aike Orsel (59), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Schuman (66), Zwolle
• Catharina Paulina Buijs (79), Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Bowman Lewis (94), Kansas, United States
• Annie O'Neill (66), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Cornelia Blom (86), Den Helder
• Adriana Jeanne Marie Visée (68), Zeist
• Aleida Geertruida Schuman (66), Zwolle

• 1976 » Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1976 » Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
• 1976 » Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach
• 1978 » Jason Marquis, American baseball player
• 1978 » Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 » Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
• 1978 » Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
• 1979 » Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author

• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1989 » Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)

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 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
• July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
• October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
• December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

The temperature on August 21, 1978 was between 11.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.