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• Sabine Fenje van der Loo, Heiligerlee (gem. Oldamt) († 1991)

• Adam van Vugt (86), Giessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Louise Westover (87), Farmington, St. Francois, MO
• August Ruygh (71), Hollum, Ameland,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Dirk Plomp (75), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Doedes (60), Amsterdam
• Arend Johannes Stokkel (71), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Taylor Middleton King (79), Gillingham, Kent, England, Brighton
• Bernard Lindeijer (65), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Gerrits Nijenhuis (75), Tijnje (F)
• Berend F. Hook (87), Eldora, Iowa, Buried Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, Iowa

• 1973 » David Giffin, Australian rugby player
• 1974 » Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist († 2009)
• 1978 » Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
• 1978 » Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
• 1979 » Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
• 1979 » Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
• 1981 » Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
• 1983 » Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier

• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Peter
8. Johannes
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. Wendy
11. Esther
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.
• March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
• March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• 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.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

The temperature on November 6, 1978 was between 4.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.