About the day » Thursday October 5, 1978Calender converter

• Gijsbertus Jacobus Schoe, Klazienaveen
• Jeroen Willem Manshande, Harlingen († 1979)
• Mallinda Ann Smith († 1978)
• Lieselotte CALLENS, Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1987)

• Anna Stam (79), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Groothedde (72)
• Cornelia de Klundert (85), Eijsden
• Albert FRIN (79), Bécherel, 35022, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
• Albertus Dedden * (65)
• Agatha Elisabeth Touw (60), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jan de Leeuw (81), Haarlemmermeer
• Egbert Bunskoek (69), Almelo
• Edgard Ludovicus Camile (Ed) Kalle (53), Dorst, Nederland
• Clarence Jacob van de Heuvel (72), Holcombe

• 1977 » Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
• 1977 » Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
• 1977 » Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
• 1978 » James Valentine, American guitarist
• 1978 » Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Mark Gower, English footballer
• 1978 » Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
• 1978 » Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
• 1978 » Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
• 1979 » Vince Grella, Australian footballer

• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)

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.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

The temperature on October 5, 1978 was between 9.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.