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• Bart van der Leeuw, Zaandijk († 1995)
• Joseph Abner Kittrell IV [K PqFgBu], Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California op († 2016)
• Bart Willem (Bart ) van der Leeuw, Zaandijk († 1995)
• Robbert Maarten Vermijs, Tilburg, Provincie Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)

• Anna Helena Thecla Poelmann (88), Amstelveen
• Auke Gjalt de Jong (83)
• Agness Graham Snodgrass (75), Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
• Alice Marion Bailey (53), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Arthur Azie Ballard (78), Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Johanna van Alebeek (48), Alverna
• Anna Coleta NICOLAI (76), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aalt Zwep (55)
• Albert SIKKENS (83), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allan Nicholson (91), Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England

• 1975 » Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic
• 1975 » Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer
• 1977 » Irina Voronina, Russian model
• 1977 » Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
• 1977 » LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter
• 1978 » Patrick Casey, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Kevin Devine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 » Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer
• 1980 » Marla Sokoloff, American actress and musician

• 1968 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903)
• 1986 » V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1987 » August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1988 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902)

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.
• January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 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.
• May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.

The temperature on December 19, 1978 was between -8.1 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.