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• Donald Lee Moore III, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia († 2011)
• Patrick David Randel († 1998)
• Remco Erwin Baaij, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)

• David Johannes Lindenbergh (118), Wemeldinge
• Cornelis Josephus Smetsers (55)
• Antje Engel (90), Amstelveen, NH, Nederland
• Anna Blondeel (27), Parijs, Frankrijk
• Agatha van den Berg (81), Sint-Pancras
• Bernhard Olink (81), Boekelo, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Catharina Willemina Viergever (61)
• Cornelia van Diemen (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van Kasteren (85), Vught
• Cornelis Josephus (Cees) Smetsers (55), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1977 » Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian novelist, essayist, and short story writer
• 1977 » Jason Terry, American basketball player
• 1977 » Leander Jordan, American football player
• 1977 » Sophie Dahl, English model and author
• 1978 » Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 1978 » Genki Horiguchi, Japanese wrestler
• 1978 » Zach Filkins, American guitarist
• 1979 » Dave Annable, American actor
• 1979 » Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
• 1975 » Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1978 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1978 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. Mark
5. David
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. Jessica
10. Wendy
11. Esther
12. Kim
13. Anna
14. Bianca
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.
• March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
• March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
• May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
• November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on September 15, 1978 was between 9.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.