About the day » Thursday November 9, 1978Calender converter

• Hidde Eeltje de Vries, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Tanya Joy Haga, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)

• Dirk Finnema (62)
• Catharina Maria "To" Schilder (53), Weesp
• Adrianus Andreas Leijtens (68), Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Albert Klaas Tolner (52), Emmer Compascuum
• Cornelis de Bruijn (91), Stevensbeek
• Adrianus Henricus Schellekens (74)
• Cornelis Martinus Plugge (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna van der Meijden (72), Amsterdam
• Alida Bakker (71)
• Betty Sarah Montanye (53), Oneonta, New York

• 1976 » Tochiazuma Daisuke, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1977 » Chris Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1977 » Omar Trujillo, Mexican footballer
• 1978 » Even Ormestad, Norwegian bass player and producer
• 1978 » Sisqó, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1978 » Steven López, American martial artist
• 1979 » Adam Dunn, American baseball player
• 1979 » Caroline Flack, English television presenter, radio presenter, and model († 2020)
• 1979 » Dave Bush, American baseball player
• 1979 » Martin Taylor, English footballer

• 1968 » Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 » Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 1988 » David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and priest (b. 1924)
• 1988 » John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (b. 1920)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Patrick
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. Jessica
10. Esther
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 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
• May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
• June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on November 9, 1978 was between 2.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.