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• Gerardus Joannes Wilhelmus van Broekhoven, Tilburg († 2008)
• Simone martine pieterdieneke Poort, wyoming lambton cy ont, Canada († 1986)
• Bertine van der Kolk († 2020)
• Cornelis Johannis Moerland, Tholen († 1996)
• Christiaan Johannes van Tuyl, Enschede († 1978)
• Marco Kasbergen, Voorburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Simom Leistra († 1983)
• Sonja Marianne de Redelijkheid, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Chas F Sieg (78), Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States
• Aaltje Harmsd Wink (86), Wanneperveen, ov.nld
• David Elwood Hollinger (69)
• Cornelia Hubertina Mathilda van Zeijl (64), Alphen aan de Rijn
• cornelis jan SCHIPPER (63), rotterdam
• Cecil Arthur (CP) PITTAR (72), Auckland, New Zealand
• Aaltje Kaste (86), Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Witschge (80), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Carrie Belle Coff (79), Renick, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
• Anna Josefa Hüring (74), Cloppenburg, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

• 1977 » Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1977 » Keith Bulluck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Omarr Smith, American football player and coach
• 1977 » Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist
• 1977 » Stephen Mulhern, English magician and television host
• 1978 » Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
• 1978 » Jason Ellison, American baseball player and scout
• 1979 » Heath Ledger, Australian actor († 2008)
• 1979 » Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 1979 » Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Bernard Vukas, Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World" team against England at Wembley (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Oleg Antonov, Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov (b. 1906)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
• July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• 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 April 4, 1978 was between 4.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.