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• Joost Mulder, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Alfonso Anton-Pacheco van Rooij, Madrid, Spanje

• Barbara Ridderbeks (60), Klimmen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus van der Vooren (76), Leiden, Nederland
• Alphonsus Ludovicus SEGERS (69), Kapellen,2950,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus van Beek (88), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Charles HANIN (74), Marche-En-Famenne, 83034, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Albino Goelzer (65), Candelaria, RS
• Ariën van den Brink (47), Putten
• Adrianus Henricus van der Vooren (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Johan Gouwsward (66), Hoorn
• Anna Wilhelmina Gerardina van de Ven (51), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1977 » Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
• 1977 » Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 » Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1978 » Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 » Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 » Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 » Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 » Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 » Ryan Pontbriand, American football player

• 1970 » Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Peter
8. Johannes
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. Linda
6. Marieke
7. Monique
8. Jennifer
9. Wendy
10. Jessica
11. Esther
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.
• January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
• March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

The temperature on October 1, 1978 was between 7.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.