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• Monica Louise Pacheco, Ogden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2009)
• Gerben de Graaf, Suameer († 1978)
• Remco Annes Brouwer, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Douglas Charles HOBLEY, Wangarratta, Victoria, Australia († 2003)
• Joel Borstrock, Cape Town, South Africa († 1999)
• Jacob Schenkel IV

• Adriana Schaddelee (93), Gorinchem
• Catharina Beckers (78), het verzorgingstehuis 'St. Jan', Beatrixlaan 45, den Burg (Texel)
• Anna Maria Brouwers (93), Cadier en Keer, Margraten
• Anna Maria BROUWERS (93), Cadier
• Adriana Jacoba Johanna Bertha Bertens (72), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfons Ferdinand BERGHMANS (70), Lommel Belgie
• Adriana Waltera Tielemans (84), Hooge en Lage Mierde
• Belderok Joannes Antonius (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Vincent Bartlett (80), Jamaica, Queens, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Fol (89), `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1976 » Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 » Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
• 1978 » Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1978 » Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
• 1979 » Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1979 » Kenyatta Jones, American football player († 2018)
• 1979 » Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 » Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player

• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)

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.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
• September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
• 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 January 18, 1978 was between -2.8 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.