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• Edwin Bloemsma, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Vanessa Przytula, Leuven († 2010)
• Warrick Stark, Mornington, Nederland
• Karen Lenjou, Kapellen

• Alida Cornelia VERMEER (73), Barendrecht
• Cecilia Kuiper (86), Los Angeles-California (USA)
• Baukje Bessie Kikkert (79), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Diermanse (26), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje, Petronella Helsloot (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Casto Cunha Mello (97), Brasil
• Anna Gerarda Maria Kemmink (57), 's-Gravenhage
• Arend van Dijk (70), De Krim
• Cornelia Florina Kruidenier (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Couwenberg (65), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1976 » Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1976 » Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
• 1977 » Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1977 » Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
• 1978 » Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1979 » Andy O'Brien, English footballer
• 1979 » Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
• 1979 » Matthew Bode, Australian footballer
• 1980 » Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress
• 1981 » Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player

• 1969 » Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1978 » Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1979 » Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1980 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (b. 1912)
• 1982 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)
• 1986 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)

• 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.
• March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
• March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
• July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
• 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.
• October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.

The temperature on June 29, 1978 was between 13.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.