About the day » Tuesday January 24, 1978Calender converter

• Els De Prest, Gent († 1997)
• Kater, Den Helder († 1978)

• Aartje Wijnbergen (76)
• Aartje Wijnbergen (73), Oene, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alice Watson (76)
• Anton Reinhardt Falck (49), Buenos Aires,,Buenos Aires F.d.,Argentina
• Cornelis "Kees" Dudok (62), Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinus van Putten (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Moret (83), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Moret (83), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Josephus Swaak (81), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberto Simon (69), Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1976 » Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
• 1977 » Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
• 1977 » Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
• 1978 » Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
• 1978 » Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician
• 1978 » Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
• 1979 » Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
• 1979 » Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 » Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
• 1979 » Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer

• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)

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.
• February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
• June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• 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.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
• December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

The temperature on January 24, 1978 was between 2.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.