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• René Gerardus Broekhuijsen, Rotterdam († 2019)

• Arie Kievit (76)
• Antonius Pol (82), Apeldoorn
• Anne Marie Marguerite WOLFS (84), Veurne,8630,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antonetta Maria Wilhelmina Gertruda Clijsen (78), Tilburg
• Anna Baumgartner (75), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aegidius Cornelis Haanschoten (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria Wilhelmina Gertruda (Anna) Clijsen (78), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Josephina Feron (80), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Barend Doornekamp (84), Netherlands
• Anthonie van der Meijden (79)

• 1975 » Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Ryan McCourt, Canadian artist
• 1976 » Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• 1976 » Scott Elarton, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• 1978 » Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player († 2003)
• 1978 » Residente, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
• 1981 » Gareth Barry, English footballer

• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)

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 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
• December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

The temperature on February 23, 1978 was between 3.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.