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• Janneke Bakker († 1994)
• Thomas Douglas Arline <KK BdSSDIOb>1, Denver, Adams County, Colorado († 2010)
• Annette Margo Schouten († 2009)

• Aike Orsel (59), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Meel (79), Roosendaal
• Angelique Johanna Christina Matla (59)
• Anna Hubertina Josephina Erken (87), Amsterdam
• Antonius Rosweij (93), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annie O'Neill (66), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Catharina Paulina Buijs (79), Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Bowman Lewis (94), Kansas, United States
• Adriana van der ENT (64), Cowra, New South Wales, Australië
• Antonius Joannes Dionijsius Manni (72), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• 1976 » Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1976 » Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
• 1976 » Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach
• 1978 » Jason Marquis, American baseball player
• 1978 » Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 » Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
• 1978 » Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
• 1979 » Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author

• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1989 » Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)

• 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 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• 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 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
• September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.

The temperature on August 21, 1978 was between 11.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.