About the day » Saturday July 1, 1978Calender converter

• Jeroen Arjan Schilling, Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Cornelis Nico de Beurs, Den Helder
• Rosita Druijff (Druyff), Zwartebroek, Nederland († 1992)
• Martijn Veltink († 1995)
• Lonneke Harte, Uithoorn († 1979)
• Martijn Knegt, Stadskanaal
• Sarah Ann De Young, Santa Clara County-California (USA) († 1993)
• Sarah Ann De Young, San Diego, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Bernard SCHENK (72), Doetinchem
• Alfhild Johanne Myrvold (48), Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag
• Aaltje Bouwesd Zijlstra (70), Nijbeets, opsterland.fr.nld
• Coenraad van Eldijk (57), Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinus Amsen (57), Amsterdam
• Adriana Hermans (81), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Agnes v.Biegeleben (76), Türnich
• Charles Arnold Burgi Jr (56), Montclair, Essex, New Jersey
• Adrianus Petrus Schouten (62), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Christina van Ansem (67)

• 1975 » Sean Colson, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 » Albert Torrens, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
• 1976 » Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1976 » Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1976 » Szymon Ziółkowski, Polish hammer thrower
• 1977 » Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 » Keigo Hayashi, Japanese musician
• 1977 » Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor

• 1966 » Frank Verner, American runner (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Learie Constantine, Trinidadian-English cricketer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1901)
• 1971 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Kurt Student, German general and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)

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. Jessica
9. Jennifer
10. Esther
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Anna
14. Bianca
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 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
• December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 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 July 1, 1978 was between 9.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.