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• Jacob Willem Heemskerk, Katwijk († 1978)
• Philip Michael Claar, Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania († 1978)
• tim gerardus petronella (tim) timmermans, tegelen
• Tom Petrus Maria Manders, Horst, Limburg, Netherlands († 1979)
• Ted L. Rogers († 1996)

• Anna Körver (82), Kerkrade (L
• Albert Gerrit van Acker (82), Tilburg
• Antonius de Kleijn (76), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus van Nimwegen (68), Vlagtwedde
• Adrianus Woutherus van Oudheusden (89), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Goorden (67), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Biessen (82), Amsterdam
• Augusta de Swaef (65), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Charel Wijckmans (73), Heusden-Zolder
• CYRILLUS VAN LAERE (66), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• 1976 » Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
• 1976 » Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
• 1977 » Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 » Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Charlotte Leslie, British politician
• 1978 » Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
• 1978 » Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
• 1978 » Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer

• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
• 1979 » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)

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. Esther
10. Jessica
11. Wendy
12. Kim
13. Bianca
14. Anna
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 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 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 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
• August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
• September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
• December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

The temperature on August 11, 1978 was between 9.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.