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• Arne van Bussel, Eindhoven († 2002)
• Andy Vanryckeghem, Torhout († 2002)
• Marjolein Kluyskens, Hengelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Johanna Hendrika Helena van Orsouw († 2005)
• Cynthia Jordan, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ashley Graham Allard, Kogarah
• Ricky William Carstens, unbekannt († 1979)

• Anna Angela - Angela Gösling (78), Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Catharina Elisabeth Joanna Hamers (77), Boxmeer
• Bernardina Johanna Maria Bernadina (Dina) Jongepier Moolhuizen (84), Zwijndrecht
• (81), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Annie McLean Stevenson (80), Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
• Antoinetta Johanna Derkx (61), Venlo
• Christiane de Caumont-La Force (20), Paris
• Adolphe JOB (78), Sarralbe, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Antonius Taks (85), Roosendaal
• Charles Arthur John Cooke (72)

• 1976 » Bizarre, American rapper
• 1976 » Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 1977 » Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player
• 1977 » Steven Sharp Nelson, American cellist
• 1978 » İsmail YK, German-Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver († 2013)
• 1978 » Britta Oppelt, German rower
• 1979 » Amélie Mauresmo, French-Swiss tennis player
• 1979 » Shane Filan, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer and manager

• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1966 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
• 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
• 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and essayist (b. 1920)

• 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 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• 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 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
• June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.

The temperature on July 5, 1978 was between 9.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 15.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.