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• Alien Marit Bergmans, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Petrick van HEEL, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annemieke Staal
• Ralph Piek, Sittard († 2014)
• Mariska Zelvelder, Zaandam, Gemeente Zaanstad († 1978)

• Christiaan Elias Franciscus van Nol (75), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Johanna Uijtdewilligen (56), Bergen op Zoom
• Archie Peters (84), International Falls, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States
• Elisabeth Anna Rickermann (74), Lüdinghausen
• Anna Antonia Molenschot (80), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eric Maria Van Eetvelt (20), Waasmunster
• Carl A Havnen (81), Lehigh Acres, Lee, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Alma Ginter (66), Harnes,59xxx,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,Frankrijk
• Albertus Hendrik Slettenhaar (80), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Peters (88)

• 1977 » Garth Tander, Australian race car driver
• 1977 » Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1978 » Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
• 1978 » Jarrod Cooper, American football player
• 1978 » Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1978 » Stephen Clemence, English footballer, midfeider and manager
• 1979 » Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 » Charlie Manning, American baseball player
• 1979 » Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach
• 1979 » Omri Afek, Israeli footballer

• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)

• 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.
• February 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
• March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
• August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
• August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
• December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The temperature on March 31, 1978 was between 5.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.