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• Alisa Chase, Mentor, Lake County, Ohio († 1978)
• Liesbeth Van Camp, Bonheiden
• Lisa Marie Zeilstra
• Tijmen Marijn Slagt, Buntschoten, Nederland († 2013)
• Clint Tymen Juffer, USA († 2018)

• Antoon Hubert Hovens (61)
• Christiaan Zondag (67), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Wisgerhof (65), Amersfoort
• Edouard Vandenborne (71), Hasselt, België
• Gerrit Kluin (86)
• David James Zuidema (25), Japan
• Annetje Hoogeveen (77), Baarn
• Albert PANIS (62), Munsterbilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Adrianus Josephus Van Teeffelen (77)
• Auguste Aristide CHEDEMAIL (71), Janzé, 35150, France

• 1977 » Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer
• 1977 » Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host
• 1977 » Devean George, American basketball player
• 1977 » John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player
• 1977 » Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
• 1978 » Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
• 1978 » Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer
• 1979 » Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete
• 1979 » Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1977 » Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1977 » Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)

• 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 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 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
• April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
• August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.

The temperature on August 29, 1978 was between 12.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.