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• Shannon M. Olsen

• Alida van Baarsen (65), Enschede
• Aaltje Boot (74), Sneek
• Aaltje Zwaneveld (71)
• Antoon Maas (87), Rosmalen
• Clara L Knowlton (99), Ohio
• Bindert Faber (67)
• Bertha Seraphina Joanna Christiaens (57)
• Aaltje Boot (74), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas Cornelis Joseph Fournier (74), Heerhugowaard, NH, Nederland
• Blanche Clémence Turck (87), Armentières, Nord

• 1977 » Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
• 1977 » Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
• 1977 » Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
• 1977 » Ryan McGinley, American photographer
• 1977 » Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1978 » Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
• 1978 » Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
• 1978 » Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
• 1978 » Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician

• 1973 » Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
• 1978 » George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)

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.
• March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• May 3 » The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
• November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

The temperature on October 17, 1978 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.