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• Cornelia Alida van den Bor, Ermelo († 2002)
• Deborah Wieffering, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• Alfons Edward Langewouters (67), Herentals, België
• Cornelis Hendrikus Scheepens (68)
• Aaltje Hut (81), Harderwijk
• Charles Edward Newport (83), New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa
• Cees Mertens (61), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• christina maria (chris) timmermans (23)
• Adrianus Johannes Bernardus Eijsermans (91), Tilburg
• Cornelis Hendrikus Scheepens (68)
• Alida Appel (90), Den Haag
• Baukje Hettinga (81), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1976 » Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
• 1976 » Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman
• 1976 » Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer
• 1976 » Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer († 2013)
• 1977 » Casey Rabach, American football player
• 1977 » Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager
• 1978 » Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
• 1979 » Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 » Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer
• 1980 » Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist

• 1973 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
• 1978 » James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)
• 1982 » Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
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.
• June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
• July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
• August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
• 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 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.

The temperature on September 24, 1978 was between 13.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.