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• Rob Petrus Johannes Jacobus Raak, Baarle-Nassau († 1978)
• Heather Joy Hoogeveen

• Beverly Merrill ODOM (59)
• Andries Zijlstra (77), St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
• Bernard Eugene O'Neill ** (75), Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Valstar (85), Delft
• Adriana Jacomina Tangerman (64), Haarlem
• Bernardus Olfers (65), Amsterdam
• Arie Cornelis Verhoef (78), Delft
• Adriana van Bavel (78)
• Anna de Wildt (74), Heemskerk
• * Klaas Jorna (76), Geldrop

• 1976 » Jonathan Brandis, American actor († 2003)
• 1977 » Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1978 » Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » Keydrick Vincent, American football player
• 1978 » Raemon Sluiter, Dutch tennis player
• 1979 » Baron Davis, American basketball player
• 1979 » Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player
• 1979 » Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
• 1979 » Tony Lundon, Irish singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer

• 1971 » Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1971 » Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
• 1975 » François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
• 1975 » Larry Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 1978 » Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)
• 1980 » Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)
• 1983 » Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)
• 1983 » Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911)

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.
• January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.

The temperature on April 13, 1978 was between 1.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.