About the day » Wednesday May 3, 1978Calender converter

• Cathrine Naomi Williams (63)
• Bernardus Johannes Franciscus Meijer (86)
• Cathérine Henriette Marie Berger (86), Venlo
• Adriana-Lamberta van Maren (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ernest Moss (64), Brighton (UK)
• Catharine Henriette Marie Berger (86), Venlo,Gemeente Venlo,Limburg,Netherlands
• Albertus Theodorus Petrus Maria Wildenberg (65), Wassenaar
• Christiane Van Kerckhove (47), Zele, België
• Catharina Claessen (76), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aristides Inacio da Silva (64), Guarujá, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1977 » Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach
• 1977 » Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician († 2017)
• 1977 » Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 » Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
• 1978 » Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler
• 1978 » Lawrence Tynes, American football player
• 1978 » Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Mack, American wrestler

• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)
• 1988 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)

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.
• 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.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
• 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 May 3, 1978 was between 3.9 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.