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• Marinde Boissevain, Soest
• Torsten Netslite
• Romkje Jeltsje Jans Zeilstra († 2002)
• Karl Edward Bender, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes van Halteren, Breda

• Berend Stulen (90), Emmen
• Abe Holtrop (85), Usa
• Alice J Ree (63)
• Aart Aartsen (95), Hoenderloo
• Albert Altena (72), Hall, gemeente Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ethel Comineet Banks (83), Hearne, Robertson, Texas, United States
• Edith A Riley (93), Brooks, Alberta, Canada
• Eerke Rouw (57)
• Berend Stulen (90), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria den Boer (79), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1976 » Alan Carr, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Boeta Dippenaar, South African cricketer
• 1977 » Chris McAlister, American football player
• 1977 » Joe Worsley, English rugby player and coach
• 1978 » Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast and coach
• 1978 » Diablo Cody, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Nikola Vujčić, Croatian former professional basketball player
• 1978 » Steve Bégin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Shannon Hegarty, Australian rugby league player

• 1968 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Alan Jay Lerner, American composer and songwriter (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (b. 1900)

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 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
• April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
• August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
• September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
• November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 14, 1978 was between 10.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.