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• Maartje Marije Kuijsten, Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• James Edward Belew, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 2001)

• Aant DE JONG (81), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Cornelis Jacobus Naus (67), Ballarat Australië
• Anna Maria Petronella Theresia de Rooij (49), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Achiel Karel Verstraeten (57), Temse
• Arend Bouwmeester (70)
• Adrianus Moor (78)
• Cornelis Joseph ter Weijden (78), Blaricum
• Carlos Casagrande (86), Brasil
• Adrianus Martinus Eekels (59), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Josephus van de Vorst (79)

• 1977 » Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
• 1977 » Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
• 1978 » Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » Luis García, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1979 » Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 » Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist

• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)

• 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.
• March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
• June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.

The temperature on June 24, 1978 was between 9.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.