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• Jasper van der Molen, Apeldoorn († 1980)
• Rene Dam († 1995)
• Teun Boidin († 1997)
• Eric W. Devalk, in Appleton, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin († 1986)

• Arnoldus Gerardus Franciscus van Kuil (68), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Duane Dean Huisman (1), Holland, Grundy County, Iowa
• Adrianus Johannes Tempelaars (76), Amsterdam
• Arthur Hill Park (65)
• Arie Hovenberg (81)
• Carolus Ludovicus Willockx (90), Sint-Anthonius-Zoersel (B), België
• Achillus Joannes Baptiste Verhegge (79), Deinze, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cyrill Francis Vanderloop (58), Kaukauna, Outagamie Wisconsin
• Docta Alma Wesley Jones [sWksPwk] (82)
• Anna Catharina Maria Verstraelen (100), Merksem (B.)

• 1976 » Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
• 1976 » Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
• 1976 » Simone Loria, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 » Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
• 1979 » Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 » Natina Reed, American rapper and actress († 2012)
• 1979 » Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
• 1980 » Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 » Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer

• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
• 1970 » Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
• 1978 » Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
• 1986 » John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
• 1987 » André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)

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.
• January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
• January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
• June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.

The temperature on October 28, 1978 was between 8.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.