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• Trudy van Delft, Zeist, Nederland († 2007)
• Julie M Sorkin († 2003)

• Arie de Metter (53), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Anthonius Kraus (66), Stein
• Albertus Hendrikus ten Tije (65), Glanerbrug
• Agatha Dijkema (84), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Martens (74), Bavel
• Anthonius van Breugel (38), Utrecht, Nederland
• Augusta Isabelle Alexandrine van Dedem (84), Baarn
• Adrianus Petrus Borsboom (91), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clementine Noels (77), Kwaadmechelen, Limburg, België
• Agnes Vastmans (78), Liège, Province de Liège, Belgique

• 1976 » Antawn Jamison, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Ray Price, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1977 » Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 » Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Lewis Moody, English rugby player
• 1979 » Dallas Clark, American football player
• 1979 » Diego Milito, Argentine footballer
• 1979 » Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach
• 1979 » Martine Dugrenier, Canadian wrestler
• 1979 » Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

• 1972 » Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
• 1978 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1982 » Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
• 1982 » Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1983 » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (b. 1902)

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.
• February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
• August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
• September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

The temperature on June 12, 1978 was between 10.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.