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• Wade Brady Kuiken, Sunnyside, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Brandi Lee Pigeon, UNKNOWN († 1989)
• Willem Lammert GRAVESTEIN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Joshua Robert Ward, Caringbah

• Antonius Cornelis Petrus Monden (79), Schiedam
• * Katharina Hendrika van den Berg (76), Eindhoven
• Berend Zinger (85), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Carolina Suzanna Johanna Christina (Lien) LUESEN (68), Maastricht (NL/LI)
• Arthur Joseph Vanneste (82), Frejus Regio Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur Departement du Var F-83 France
• Christiaan Hendrik Maas (63)
• Bertha Bakvis (63), Rotterdam
• Berendina (Bertha) Wolven (86), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gertrudis Antes (49), Eindhoven
• Albert Heeres Van Der Veen (94), Wijnjewoude, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1977 » A.J. Styles, American wrestler
• 1977 » Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
• 1977 » Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
• 1978 » Dominic Cooper, English actor
• 1978 » Justin Long, American actor
• 1978 » Luke Williamson, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Nikki Cox, American actress
• 1978 » Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space
• 1979 » Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1979 » Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress

• 1974 » Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1976 » Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
• 1976 » Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952)
• 1977 » Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1982 » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

• 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 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.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
• December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

The temperature on June 2, 1978 was between 13.0 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.