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• Matthew Henry de Jong, USA († 1978)
• Matthew Henry de Jong, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1978)
• Matthew Henry DeJong († 1978)
• Niko Gevaert
• Christophe Bruwier, Roeselare († 1994)

• Antje Annie Biesheuvel (48), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Ginkel (57), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Alberdina Fieten (69), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Maria Darding (86), Maastricht
• Beatrice Guenther (65), Lone Pine, Inyo, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aplonia Cornelia Sparreboom (80), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Moorlag (82), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonius Cornelis Spijkers (85), Arnhem
• Anna Marie Cliteur (83), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Maria Schmidt (82), Baarn

• 1975 » Daniel Adair, Canadian drummer and producer
• 1977 » Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author
• 1977 » Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Ola Salo, Swedish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1978 » Ben Gummer, English scholar and politician
• 1978 » Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper
• 1979 » Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player and manager
• 1980 » Dwight Freeney, American football player
• 1980 » Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
• 1980 » Mike Miller, American basketball player

• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
• 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1988 » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

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.
• January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
• 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.
• July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
• 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.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.

The temperature on February 19, 1978 was between -7.0 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.