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• Robin de Vries, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Riet De Rijk, Eersel († 2017)
• Martine Johanna Geerttruida Veldhuis
• Remco Erwin Baay, Alkmaar († 1978)
• Scolastica Catharina Verbrugge, Amsterdam

• Adriana van Oerle (92), Made
• * Maria Gertruda Lammers (87), Eindhoven
• Adriana Maria Willemijntje Drenth (95), Hilversum, NH Netherlands
• Abeldina de Boer (73)
• Cornelia Petronella Charlotta Frederika Frederika Hamel (85), Poortugaal
• Christina Everdina Mutsaerts (84), Tilburg
• Adolf (Dolf) Everhardus Klijnhout (66), Oss
• Aaltje Top (77), Wekerom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Flentrij (86), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Clarence Berkompas (66)

• 1977 » Debelah Morgan, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Eric Barton, American football player
• 1977 » Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
• 1977 » Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1978 » Gunner McGrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Karen Putzer, Italian skier
• 1978 » Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast and coach
• 1979 » Orhan Ak, Turkish footballer
• 1979 » Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist and manager

• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1986 » Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)
• 1987 » Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Gussie Busch, American businessman (b. 1899)

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. Jennifer
9. Jessica
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.
• February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 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 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
• December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

The temperature on September 29, 1978 was between 10.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.