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• Martijn de Bruin, Den Helder († 1978)

• Broer Jacobus Miedema (60), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anje de Goede (79), Dordrecht
• Carel Wilhelm de Vos (85), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Hogendijk (84), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Remkes (77), Hoogezand
• Charles Watson (70), West Islip, New York
• Annie Smeets (50), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Schokker (87), Lochem, 7240, Nederland
• Catharina Christiani (71), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria van Oosterwijk (82), Breda

• 1977 » David Trezeguet, French footballer
• 1977 » Masato Kawabata, Japanese race car driver
• 1977 » Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1978 » Devon Gummersall, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Takeshi Morishima, Japanese wrestler
• 1979 » Blue Adams, American football player and coach
• 1979 » Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
• 1979 » Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1979 » Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater
• 1979 » Paul Robinson, English footballer

• 1968 » Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1976 » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1978 » W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)

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.
• January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

The temperature on October 15, 1978 was between 10.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.