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• Maria Barbara Leonie (Marije) van Dijk, Venray, Nederland
• Erik Nijhuis, Zwolle, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel Netherlands

• Alida Hendrika Mieremet (79)
• Charles Russell Shier (56)
• Christina Magdalena (Lena) SCHIELE (82), Oostzaan
• Arie van Buren (65), Heinenoord
• Petrus Cornelis Zijlmans (72), Raamsdonkveer
• Alfred MOORHOUSE (68), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Adriana Maria Hubertina Jaegers (91), Brussel, Vl.-Br, BE
• Arie Jens (84), Utrecht
• Christiana RAGLUS (94)
• Albertus Hinnen (64), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1967 » David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
• 1978 » Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
• 1980 » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Al Jefferson, American basketball player
• 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
• 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
• 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver

• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
• 1990 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Henry Bolte, Australian sergeant and politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
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. Esther
10. Jessica
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Bianca
14. Anna
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 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 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 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
• 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 4, 1978 was between -0.2 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.