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• Jonathan Harley Waller, Virginia op († 1978)
• Ilonko Tuitman, Rotterdam

• Adriana C. van Riel (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Maria Francisca Stoffels (84), Soest,Gemeente Soest,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Louisa (Annie) Smits (67), Heerlen, LB, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Smits (67), Heerlen
• Anna Margaretha Otten (54)
• Bert Jan Hepping (8), Drachten
• André Alferink (21)
• Carolus-Maria Van Vaerenbergh (78), Ninove
• Antonetta (An) van Baast (62), Udenhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alma Ingeborg Andersdatter (93)

• 1974 » Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
• 1976 » Linda Ferga, French hurdler
• 1977 » Michael Raymond-James, American actor
• 1978 » Warren Tredrea, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 » Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
• 1979 » Chris Hero, American wrestler and trainer
• 1980 » Maarja Liis-Ilus, Estonian pop musician
• 1980 » Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1980 » Tomas Kalnoky, Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Dima Bilan, Russian singer-songwriter and actor

• 1971 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
• 1982 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)

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. Jennifer
9. Esther
10. Jessica
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.
• January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
• September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
• 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 24, 1978 was between -1.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.