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• Vanessa Jolene Garcia († 1978)
• Mark van Iersel, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Varina Ann Garcia († 1978)
• Casey Blair Row, of Utah, United States († 2000)

• Antje Noordmans (71), Scharnegoutum
• Casper Dirk Hoffmann (66), amsterdam, Nederland
• Achiel Francies Buysse (90), Oostburg,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clifford Andrew Blosser (60), Williams Co. Ohio
• Augustinus Marie Timmermans (32), Overasselt
• Herman Helsloot (52), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Josephus van der Made (66), Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allerdina Bierling (99), Zuidhorn, Nederland
• Cornelia Sophia Maria Kruijswijk (64)
• Antje Heikens (73), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

• 1975 » Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1975 » Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
• 1975 » Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1976 » Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 » A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 » Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 1980 » Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 » Manu Raju, American journalist
• 1980 » Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress

• 1969 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1981 » M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)

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.
• March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
• March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.

The temperature on February 9, 1978 was between -5.5 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.