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• Sjoerd Wilmans

• Adriaan Pieter Vos (54), Den Haag
• Catharina Elizabeth Groot (80), Beverwijk
• Arie Gijsbertus Hulsman (75), Amsterdam
• Carolus Franciscus Spiessens (75), Herentals, België
• Annie Allen Croft Watson (70), Madisonville, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
• Carolus Martinus Willekens (75), Antwerpen
• Clarence Ray Staley (75), Lafayette, Jackson Twp, Allen County, OH
• Bastiana Johanna de Wildt (72)
• Adriaan Hendrik van Nieuwpoort (43), Den Haag
• Albertje Huisman (83), Haskerland

• 1977 » Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
• 1977 » David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
• 1977 » John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
• 1977 » John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
• 1977 » Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
• 1977 » Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
• 1979 » Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
• 1979 » Jaime King, American actress and model

• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)

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.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 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 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

The temperature on April 23, 1978 was between 3.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.