About the day » Friday January 20, 1978Calender converter

• Marty James Sonke, Orange, California, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Alberto Joseph Bennet van der Mije, West Palm Beach/Florida(VS), Florida, Verenigde Staten

• Aaltje van der Woude (69), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharine Elizabeth Egberta Vosbergen (89), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Charles Grant Todd (77), Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
• Apollonia Kuil (85), Alkmaar
• Albert Nieboer (65)
• Arthur Joannes Alfons CLAES (55), Leuven
• Adrianus Placidus Verheggen (72), Hilvarenbeek
• Bridget Burke (97), Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland
• Ada Francis Green Jones (85), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Angenietje Yedema (80)

• 1976 » Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• 1976 » Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish journalist and sportscaster
• 1976 » Michael Myers, American football player
• 1977 » Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach
• 1978 » Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
• 1978 » Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
• 1979 » Choo Ja-hyun, South Korean actress
• 1979 » Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 » Karl Anderson, American wrestler

• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)

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 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

The temperature on January 20, 1978 was between 0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.