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• Ilze Blokker
• Harry Jansema, Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1992)

• Cornelia Marie van Zee (77)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van den Nieuwenhuizen (61), Tilburg
• Adriana Johanna Schoenmaker (91), Den Burg
• Charles Johannes Hubertus Jacobs (68), Nuth, Nederland
• Adrianus Christiaan Visser (78), Amsterdam
• Abraham Koelewijn (62)
• Antje Jonker (74), Jubbega-Shurega
• Charles Joannes Hubertus Jacobs (68), Nuth
• Adriana Johanna Gerritsd. (Jane Jaane) Schoenmaker (91), Den Burg, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "François" Bernard Marie Antoine Carrelet de Loisy d'Arcelot (59), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, France

• 1976 » Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1976 » Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
• 1976 » Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
• 1977 » Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
• 1977 » Jon Abrahams, American actor
• 1977 » Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Kelly Smith, English footballer
• 1978 » Travis Henry, American football player
• 1979 » Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer
• 1979 » Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician

• 1963 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
• 1980 » Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1987 » Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)

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.
• January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• 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 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
• November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 29, 1978 was between 10.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.