About the day » Wednesday July 12, 1978Calender converter

• Hannelore Sys, Brugge
• Bart Langhmans, Reet, Antwerpen, België († 2014)
• Erik van Willigen († 2009)

• Albert F Hammer (71), Flandreau, South Dakota
• Cornelis TOOM (82), Dordrecht
• Allegonda de Haas (73), Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Kieft (66), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Martha Segijn (78), Oudenbosch
• Adriana Dymphina Freijsen (80), Breda
• Arie van Bemmel (85), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria Henebiens (96), Netherlands
• Elcie Zoria Burge (68), Stamford, Jones County, Texas
• Agostinha Kremer (72), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1976 » Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 » Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1977 » Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis player
• 1977 » Neil Harris, English footballer and manager
• 1977 » Steve Howey, American actor
• 1978 » Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
• 1978 » Topher Grace, American actor
• 1979 » Brooke Baldwin, American journalist and television news anchor
• 1979 » Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist
• 1979 » Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player

• 1966 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Yvon Robert, Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 1979 » Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist († 1979)
• 1982 » Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Chris Wood, English saxophonist (b. 1944)
• 1990 » João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. Mark
5. David
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 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.
• February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

The temperature on July 12, 1978 was between 10.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.