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• Trisha Marie Brouwer, Kandiyohi, MN
• John Jr. Vroonhoven († 2021)
• Ramona Schlepers († 1978)
• Caroline d'Autriche († 2007)
• Jürgen Wauters, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Abraham Albert Winters (74), Manitoba, Canada
• Adriana Maria van Die (77), Barendrecht
• Aurea Pereira Mendes (59), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Anna Teuntje Kruithof (91), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Leonarda Constantia Maria Baptist (86), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida van Haalen (53), Nijmegen
• Aaltien Hekhuis (39), Westerbork
• * Catharina Leuthoff (67)
• Arend Oosterhuis (93), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Aaltje Hekhuis (39), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1976 » Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 » Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player and manager
• 1978 » Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1978 » Paul Anderson, English actor
• 1979 » Antonio Chatman, American football player
• 1979 » Jesse Spencer, Australian actor and violinist
• 1980 » Christina Ricci, American actress and producer
• 1980 » Gucci Mane, American rapper
• 1980 » Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
• 1980 » Sarah Lancaster, American actress

• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• 1975 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (b. 1914)

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.
• 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.
• March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
• June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 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 February 12, 1978 was between -4.5 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.