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• Frits(je) Evers († 1988)
• Ella Goudzwaard († 1982)
• Yoan Pirotte, Montignies sur Sambre (B) († 2000)
• Berry Jonk († 2016)

• Anna DOL (81), Zwaag,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Cornelia de Leeuw (89), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Kwaasteniet (75), Gouda
• Anna Adriana Van Heumen (81), Zevenaar
• Bartha Cornelia De Leeuw (89), Bussum
• Abram Caleb 'Cecil' Wood (57), Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Jacoba Johanna Swinderen, van (84), Amsterdam
• Anna Schipper (75), Aplington, Butler County, Iowa
• Aaltje Johanna Duivenkate (102), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bartha Cornelia Leeuw de (89), Bussum

• 1976 » Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
• 1976 » Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
• 1976 » Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 » Randy Wolf, American baseball player
• 1977 » Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
• 1977 » Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
• 1978 » Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 » James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
• 1979 » Matt Walters, American football player
• 1980 » Roland Benschneider, German footballer

• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 » James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
• 1980 » James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. David
5. Mark
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Patrick
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. Esther
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 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
• February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 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 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.

The temperature on August 22, 1978 was between 10.6 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.