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• Andries Verbaas (92), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Melchior Peerenboom (59), Beuningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana de Jonge (90), Goes, Nederland
• Aaldert Blokzijl (48), Elim
• Anthonius Bakker (56), Kampen
• Aaldert Korneliszn. Stuurman (79), Oldeberkoop, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verschueren (69), Arendonk (B)
• Anthonius Bakker (56), Kampen, Nederland
• Adriaan Melchior PEEREBOOM (59), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus VERSCHUEREN (69), Arendonk,2370,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1976 » Dominic Armato, American voice actor
• 1976 » Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• 1976 » Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
• 1976 » Sage Francis, American rapper
• 1976 » Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 » Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
• 1978 » Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
• 1979 » Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
• 1980 » Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 († 2001)

• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1986 » Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)

• 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.
• February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
• 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 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.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.

The temperature on November 18, 1978 was between 8.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.