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• Shelva Jean Fowler, Horry County,South Carolina († 1978)
• Sandra Maden van der, Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland
• Janneke Noij († 2000)
• Eelco de Gooijer, Tilburg († 2016)
• Janneke Noy, Wijchen († 2000)
• Kim van Praag, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2009)

• Catharina Charlotta Den Tex Bondt (89), Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie van Mastrigt (59), Rijswijk
• Catherina Charlotte Evelina den Tex Bondt (89), Laren
• Anthonius Cabaret (77), Rotterdam
• Agatha Helena KEULS (83), Heerlen
• Alida Helena Hoek (82), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allie 'Estella' Corbin (95), Volga, Clayton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Mulder (90), Fond du Lac, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Riemens (74), Den Haag
• Aaltje Bolk (75), Wezep, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1975 » Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist
• 1978 » Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
• 1978 » Mike Adams, American baseball player
• 1979 » Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
• 1979 » Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 » Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1980 » Ben Koller, American drummer
• 1980 » Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1980 » John Morris, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player

• 1973 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Cass Elliot, American singer (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
• 1978 » Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)

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. Wendy
11. Esther
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.
• March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
• 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.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

The temperature on July 29, 1978 was between 15.0 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.