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• Johanna Terwal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marcellus Leonardus van Etten, Hoorn († 2005)
• Pauline Isabelle Hamburger († 1997)
• Bob Silvester KNOESTER
• Julien Louis († 1979)
• Johanna Terwal, Rotterdam

• Anna Helena Op den Camp (81), Roermond, Nederland
• August Wilhem Victor Karl Henrich Sigismond van Pruisen (81), Puntarena (Costa Rica)
• Anthony Henry Huels (61), Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie de Groot (78), Leerdam
• Albertus Hendrikus Nijenhuis (68)
• Adrienne Willemsens (74), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Catharina (Johan Herman Falke) Tenfelde (73), Zwartemeer
• Adriaan van der Hage (88), Kortgene
• Carolus De baerdemaecker (52), Bornem
• August Wilhelm Viktor Karl Heinrich Sigismund von Preussen (81), Puntarenas, Costa Rica

• 1977 » Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
• 1978 » Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
• 1978 » Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
• 1978 » Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
• 1978 » Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 » Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
• 1979 » Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
• 1979 » Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
• 1979 » Pushkar Lele, Indian singer

• 1966 » Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1972 » Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
• 1977 » A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
• 1984 » Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
• 1989 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)

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 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
• May 3 » The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.

The temperature on November 14, 1978 was between 5.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.