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• Robert van den Oetelaar, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Jeroen van der Heide, Usquert, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Dennis Runderkamp († 2001)
• Ross Nielsen, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa († 1995)

• Catherine E. GAHIDE (68), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Takken (67), Warmenhuizen
• Assunta Beghin (55)
• Cor Molema (27), Groningen
• Binne Tjoelker (71), -
• Berendina Harmina Waanders (81), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elizabeth Schouten (70)
• Elisabeth Margaretha Kramer (73), Lüdenscheid, Duitsland
• Alois Joseph Everaert (84), Lokeren
• Alma Pauline Kelling (Kerling) (86), Leiderdorp, ZH, Nederland

• 1976 » Aaron Miles, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Kim Eagles, Canadian sport shooter
• 1977 » Geoff Stults, American actor and producer
• 1977 » Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer and manager
• 1978 » Jerome McDougle, American football player
• 1978 » Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
• 1978 » Ned Brower, American drummer
• 1979 » Adam Brody, American actor
• 1979 » Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler

• 1968 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer

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. 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.
• February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
• 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 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

The temperature on December 15, 1978 was between 4.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.