About the day » Thursday October 19, 1978Calender converter

• Iris Martens († 2011)
• Cornelia Pieternella Maria Horsten, Nieuwer-Amstel, NH, Nederland

• Abraham Antoon Scharwächter (70)
• "Christina Josephina Petronella (Stien" Tine) Tine) (78), Dillingen an der Saar, Saarland, Deutschland
• Antonius Hendrikus Maatman (81), Hellendoorn
• Anna Maria Van Ackere (80), Antwerpen,Antwerpen, Vlaanderen,Belgi√´
• Albertus Terhorst (63)
• Anne Mykleby (84), Maastricht
• Cornelia Rosalia ADAMS (83), Breda (Nl)
• Arthur F. Glass (69), Grand Rapids, Kent, Mi
• Constantinus Albertus Wilhelmus van den Berg (80)
• Benjamin Pais (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
• 1977 » Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1977 » Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
• 1977 » Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 » Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
• 1978 » Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
• 1979 » Brian Robertson, American trombonist
• 1979 » José Luis López, Mexican footballer

• 1969 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)

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 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
• June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
• July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
• August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
• December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The temperature on October 19, 1978 was between 3.6 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.