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• Marcel Boer, Delfzijl
• mer Paul David De Ville, Ninove († 2014)
• Wouter Dam, Enschede
• Tracey HILLARD, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1978)

• Christine van Houten (80), Appingedam
• Bertram Clarence WOODS (80), Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria van de KERKHOF (68), Geldrop
• Antonius Josephus Herinckx (77), Brussegem
• Arthur H. van de Pol (65), Ripon, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten
• Christina White (96), White Rock,, B.C. Canada
• Antonius Hendricus (Antoon) Jansen (81), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adolf Hubertus Clermonts (72), Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands
• Brandsma (52), Krommenie
• Bertus Dunant (56)

• 1977 » Averno, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 » Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
• 1977 » Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 » Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1978 » Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist († 2001)
• 1978 » Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker, and music producer
• 1979 » Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Rosario Dawson, American actress

• 1976 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1976 » Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 » James Jones, American novelist (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
• 1979 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)

• 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.
• January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
• September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

The temperature on May 9, 1978 was between 6.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.