About the day » Sunday July 30, 1978Calender converter

• Gerton Odink, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)

• Arlette E. J. Robijns (19), Heers, België
• Anna Catharina Jansen (66), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia (Jeanne) Van Hagen (81), London, Ontario
• Anna Maria Agnes Ruers (84), Sittard, Linburg, Nederland
• Aloysius Bernardus Reijnen (71), Venlo
• Augusta Bertha Viaene (88), Lichtervelde
• Adrianus Rijnvos (77), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Maria Ludovicus VAN CRAEYNEST (76), Kontich, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• carolina johanna jesterhoudt (84), amsterdam
• Carl Todd (87), Bel Air, Harford, Maryland, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
• 1977 » Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
• 1977 » Ian Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter and child abuse convict
• 1977 » Jaime Pressly, American actress
• 1977 » Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
• 1979 » Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
• 1979 » Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach
• 1979 » Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
• 1979 » Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist († 2012)
• 1980 » Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician

• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 » Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1990 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)

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.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
• November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
• 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.

The temperature on July 30, 1978 was between 18.4 °C and 32.1 °C and averaged 24.8 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.