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• Karin van Vliet († 2015)
• Jeroen Arend Hendrik Jansen, Zeist († 1998)

• Aaltje van de Kamp (77)
• Alida Gresel (88)
• Anna Johanna Vriens (74)
• Anna Mijzen (82), Velsen
• Antonius van Iersel (76), Goirle
• Abraham Bruijne de (73), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Vos (74), Utrecht(UT)
• Aaltje Hubert (81), Gramsbergen
• Anne Luchies (95), Dalen
• Anna Johanna Fraanje (52), Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, NL

• 1976 » Gonçalo Abecasis, Portuguese-American biochemist and academic
• 1976 » Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 » Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor († 2011)
• 1977 » Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 » Kathrin Bringmann, German mathematician and academic
• 1977 » Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
• 1978 » Jang Woo-hyuk, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1978 » Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 » Ole Morten Vågan, Norwegian bassist
• 1980 » Keyon Dooling, American basketball player

• 1972 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1972 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887)
• 1980 » Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
• 1982 » Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)
• 1983 » John Fante, American author and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Gino Bianco, Italian-Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Patrick
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. Jessica
10. Esther
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.
• January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
• August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
• November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

The temperature on May 8, 1978 was between 8.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.