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• Maarten Lenjou, Beveren Waas, Belgie

• Albertus Van Lambalgen (70), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Buizerd de Vreugd (80), Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Boerakker (72), Nijmegen
• Antje Scholte (81), Groningen, GR, Nederland
• Aafke Klazes van der War (86)
• Neyhoft (45)
• Anna Gertrud Reiners (73), Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, NRW, Deutschland
• Anna Apolonia Bastiana Looijen (91), Wageningen (GL)
• Adriana Pot (78), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Augusta Catherine Jennings (87)

• 1969 » Norman Reedus, American actor and model
• 1970 » Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
• 1970 » Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player
• 1982 » Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
• 1984 » Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
• 1986 » Paul McShane, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier

• 1966 » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Patrick
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. Jessica
10. Esther
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.
• March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
• May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
• December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

The temperature on January 6, 1978 was between 2.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.