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• Kim Brands
• Mandy de Beurs, Zuidelijk IJsselmeer Polder
• Renae Humphries, Holland, MI

• Arnoldina Maria Cools (84), Tilburg
• Andries Schreuder (78), Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Christiaan Muller (82), Ede (GE, NLD)
• Albert Klaas Jonker (82), het verpleeghuis 'Samen één', Gasthuisstraat, den Burg
• Bertha Maria Elisabeth Thissen (58), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Veenema (83)
• Christina de Weers (65), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Boor van der (70), Lethbridge, Alberta
• Anna Maria Catharina de Vet (76), Ekeren (België)
• aurele petrus clement thomas vandamme (79), westrozebeke

• 1976 » Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Michael Walsh, English footballer
• 1978 » Cosmin Bărcăuan, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1978 » Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
• 1979 » David Healy, Irish footballer
• 1980 » Wayne Bridge, English footballer

• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)

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 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.
• May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
• June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
• October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
• November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

The temperature on August 5, 1978 was between 10.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.