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• Tim Edelbroek, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Niels Norbertus Leonardus van der Horst, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Miet Gijbels
• Frederic Jozef Lagast, Blankenberge († 1997)
• Raymond Bodok
• Klaas Koning († 2001)

• Adrianus Verhoef (61), Gouda
• Albertje Bergmeester (67), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Janneke van DIJKE (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anja Lendemeijer (23)
• Aaltje Martens Kloosterman (77), Zandbulten
• Arend Geerts Wilting (79), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Catharina van Rijsbergen (62), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Janneke van Dijke (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Blanch Cleary Edwards (80), Galax, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Aart van den Edel (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1976 » Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 » Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 » Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
• 1977 » Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
• 1977 » Tom Welling, American actor
• 1978 » Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
• 1978 » Stana Katic, Canadian actress
• 1980 » Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
• 1980 » Marlon King, English footballer

• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)

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. Jennifer
9. Esther
10. Jessica
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.
• 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.
• May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.

The temperature on April 26, 1978 was between 2.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.