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• Maarten Franciscus Petrus Fouchier, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederand († 1978)
• Jonathon Michael McQUESTIN, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1985)
• Robert Jefferson Lacy, Waco, Texas († 1978)
• Thierry Brander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)

• Andries (Dre) van Zundert (51), Breda, Nederland
• Berthus Bakker (63), Leeuwarden
• Elisabeth Bouwe (68), Ziekenhuis, Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirkje van der Kruijk (80), Leiden
• Arnoldus Josephus Antonius Snellen (45), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Catherina Elisabeth (Tiny) Vinks (79), Tilburg
• Arie Kraaijeveld (85), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Beekman (87), Vlaardingen
• Albert Langereis (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Cornelis Josephus Bekkers (77), Goirle

• 1976 » Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
• 1976 » Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• 1977 » Chris Spurling, American baseball player
• 1977 » Harun Tekin, Turkish singer and guitarist
• 1977 » Mark Stoermer, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1978 » Simon Larose, Canadian tennis player
• 1979 » Florian Zeller, French author and playwright
• 1979 » Neil Shanahan, Irish racing driver († 1999)
• 1979 » Randy McMichael, American football player
• 1980 » Jevgeni Novikov, Estonian footballer

• 1971 » Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
• 1980 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
• 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)

• 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 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• May 3 » The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
• December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
• December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

The temperature on June 28, 1978 was between 8.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.