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• Carlos van den Anker, Oss († 2001)
• Barbara Sengers († 1991)
• gerardus margaretha (jimmie) van ninhuijs, hegelsom
• Markus Eduard Hooijboer, Venhuizen († 1983)
• David Lee BLANKESTYN, Westerville Ohio U.S.A († 2020)

• Desirée Verhagen (10), Venray,, Limburg, Nederland
• Dirk Heros Forma (80), Amsterdam, gem. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Smit (57)
• ALYDA WOUTERA HAANSCHOTEN (75), Zwolle
• Cornelia van der Ouderaa (87), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diliana Petronella de Waal (88), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Catharinus van der Ploeg (74), Leeuwarden
• Alida Wilhelmina van Diermen (81), Baarn, Nederland
• Eleanor A. (60), Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• "Gaston" René Yves Marie de Sonis (82), Polminhac, Cantal, France

• 1976 » Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician
• 1976 » Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• 1977 » Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
• 1977 » Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
• 1977 » Roland G. Fryer Jr., American economist and professor
• 1977 » Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
• 1978 » Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
• 1979 » Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player († 2017)
• 1979 » Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer

• 1967 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1971 » György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1973 » Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
• 1981 » Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
• 1992 » Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
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. Jennifer
9. Jessica
10. Esther
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Bianca
14. Anna
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.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
• June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• 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.
• September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.

The temperature on June 4, 1978 was between 14.0 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.