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• Martin Robert van Hulst († 2009)
• Mireille Morrien, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jeremiah James Ryburn, unbekannt († 1980)
• Marco Pieter Cornelisse, Middelburg
• Arwen Ingeborg van Beekum, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)

• Cornelia Caecilia Borst (64), Leiden
• Cornelis Albertus van Zelst (85)
• Anne Pikkert (62), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes* Bernardina Vinahl (92), Uden
• Beatrice Alice Marie VANDEWALLE (74), Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Adrianus Cornelis Vis (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Hopmans (77), Tilburg
• Anthonius, Albertus Roording (73), Nieuw Wehl )Gld)
• Aaltje Veltkamp (73), Utrecht
• Anthonie Kosters (66)

• 1976 » Maurice Wignall, Jamaican hurdler and long jumper
• 1977 » Chad Hedrick, American speed skater
• 1977 » Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist, and pianist
• 1978 » Jason White, Scottish rugby player
• 1978 » Lindsay Hartley, American actress
• 1978 » Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, German skier
• 1979 » Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Marija Šestak, Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper
• 1980 » Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer, boxer, and manager
• 1980 » Fabián Vargas, Colombian footballer

• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)
• 1984 » Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936)

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. 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.
• 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.
• April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
• July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
• September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

The temperature on April 17, 1978 was between -0.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.