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March 19, 1978Born on Monday March 20, 1978
- Carri Lyn Larson
- Linda Kleine, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Júlio Cesar Sens, Lajes, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1997)
- Lammert van Twillert († 1978)
Died on Monday March 20, 1978
- Edith Harriett Lawrence (89)
- David James Stidham (58)
- Antonius van Bakel (78)
- Betje Staudt (69), Enschede, Nederland
- Emma Hubrecht (74), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
- Christoffer van der Veen (79)
- Afton Bruce HALE (34), Tolleson
- Anna Maria Nillesen (91), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Christians Theodorus Veerkamp (82), Leeuwarden
- Albert Ramaker (40)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 20, 1978 at Delpher
Born on March 20
- 1975 » Isolde Kostner, Italian skier
- 1975 » Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976 » Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor († 2017)
- 1978 » Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player
- 1978 » Kevin Betsy, English born Seychelles international footballer, midfielder and manager
- 1979 » Freema Agyeman, English actress
- 1979 » Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 » Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
- 1980 » Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
- 1980 » Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
Died on March 20
- 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
- 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
- 1971 » Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
- 1972 » Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1974 » Chet Huntley, American journalist (b. 1911)
- 1977 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909)
- 1977 » Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919)
- 1978 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (b. 1895)
- 1981 » Gerry Bertier, American football player (b. 1953)
- 1983 » Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
Names that were popular for boys in 1978
- Jan
- Martijn
- Jeroen
- David
- Mark
- Dennis
- Johannes
- Peter
- Patrick
- Michael
- Robert
- Pieter
- Richard
- Paul
- Bart
- Willem
Names that were popular for girls in 1978
- Maria
- Johanna
- Sandra
- Patricia
- Marieke
- Linda
- Monique
- Jennifer
- Esther
- Jessica
- Wendy
- Kim
- Bianca
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Cindy
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1978
- 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 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
- April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
- June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
- July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
- December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
Weather March 20, 1978
The temperature on March 20, 1978 was between 4.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.