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• Bert Haling, Tongeren, België († 2001)

• Alida M Kleinstarink (87), Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten van Amerika
• ANNE KARINE GARTHUSHAUGEN (87), NES
• Anna Elisabeth Bohnen (62), Sittard
• Berend Jan Everts (82)
• Anna Christina Kolenberg (80), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Louter (88), Schoorl, Nederland
• Agnes Theodora Boermans (75)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Dijk (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Dijk van (66), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Wiegman (44), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1976 » Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 » Ahman Green, American football player
• 1977 » Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet
• 1978 » John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
• 1978 » Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist
• 1978 » Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
• 1979 » Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor
• 1979 » Stéphane Dalmat, French footballer, midfielder
• 1979 » Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer

• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
• 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
• 1984 » M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)
• 1991 » Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)
• 1992 » Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (b. 1940)

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.
• 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.
• April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
• December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The temperature on February 16, 1978 was between -7.0 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.