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• Chantal van Metelen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• sjoerd p.w.j. (sjoerd) houben, helden-beringe
• Janine Freie, Nijverdal
• Ilonka Stiekema, Julianadorp († 2015)
• Sebastien SCOTT, xx († 1980)

• Allen E Driesen (26), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Cornelia Maria Van Dalen (81)
• Bernardina Gerarda Maria Stokkermans (89), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alwine van Osenbruggen (80), Mülheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Cornelia Antonia Eijkhout (89), Venray
• Christiaan De Voogd (81), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nl
• Abram Jongbloed (57)
• Bartholomeus de Ruijter (68), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina Vos de (74), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Bobby Jack HINSON (49)

• 1974 » Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
• 1977 » Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• 1977 » Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
• 1978 » Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 » Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player

• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. Mark
5. David
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.
• March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
• December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

The average temperature on December 21, 1978 was -1.5 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.