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• Mort Né LEPERLIER, Saint-Louis,97421,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1978)
• cornelis johannes (erik) bouwmans, horst († 1997)
• Randy Laszlo Theodor Bakker, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Remco Karel van der Torre, Woerden († 2008)

• Adrianus (Jaan) de Koning (68), Rijsbergen
• Antonia van Dooren (76), Zegge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelus Johannes Meeuwis (87)
• Anthonius Johannes Platteel (89), Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Pieters Dijkstra (92)
• Bregitta Geertruida Blom (60), Den Helder
• Antonia van Giels (89), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Constant Coenen (90), Lier (B)
• (73), Rijsbergen
• Barbara Hermans (89), Bladel, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1973 » Larissa Lowing, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1973 » Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
• 1977 » Vince Carter, American basketball player
• 1978 » Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1981 » Colin O'Donoghue, Irish actor
• 1981 » Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1981 » José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
• 1981 » Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
• 1982 » Reggie Hodges, American football player

• 1968 » Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)
• 1976 » João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)
• 1979 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)
• 1983 » Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1914)
• 1990 » Bob Gerard, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)

• 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 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
• March 2 » Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The temperature on January 26, 1978 was between 0.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.