About the day » Friday December 22, 1978Calender converter

• Antoinetta Hille (80)
• Anthonie van der Wielen (82)
• Bénoni Brackenier (80), Lille, Nord, France
• Anneus Kroezen (51), Exmorra
• Aaltje Breunesse (92), Baarn
• Anna IJkema (54)
• Berend Kwint (77), Klazienaveen,Emmen,Drenthe,Nederland
• ALBERT van der HAAR (60)
• Anne Willems Ykema (54), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoinetta Hille (80), Vlaardingen

• 1975 » Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1975 » Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist
• 1976 » Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1976 » Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
• 1977 » Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 » Danny Ahn, South Korean singer
• 1978 » Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
• 1978 » Joy Ali, Fijian boxer († 2015)
• 1979 » Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach

• 1968 » Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)
• 1969 » Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)
• 1986 » David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)
• 1986 » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1988 » Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)

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.
• February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• 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 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
• December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.

The temperature on December 22, 1978 was between -3.8 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.