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• Kami Jo Korver († 1978)

• Adrianus Johannes Marie Werf, van der (58), 's Gravenhage
• Carolus Joannes Schouten (54), Reutte (OST)
• Catharina van Kampen (68), Leiden
• Albert Pals (78), Clear Lake, Cero Gordo County, Iowa
• Christina (Tena) Star (87), Kalamazoo,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bouke Klein (90)
• Bernadetta van CAMP (81), Kapellen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adriaantje van Splunter (71), den Haag
• Adrianus Johannes Marie van der Werf (58), 's-Gravenhage den Haag Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Christina Star (87), Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA)

• 1973 » Chris Sutton, English footballer
• 1973 » Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 » Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer, full back and assistant manager
• 1976 » Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
• 1978 » Benjamin Burnley, American musician
• 1978 » Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 » Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1981 » Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer
• 1982 » Kwame Brown, American basketball player
• 1983 » Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player

• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
• 1992 » Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
• 1997 » LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)

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 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• 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 March 10, 1978 was between 6.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.