About the day » Tuesday September 5, 1978Calender converter

• Sarah Rose Allen, Greenville
• Ronald Jason Baker ****, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Monika Looschelders († 1982)
• Emmy Van Eeghem, Gent
• Joshua D Meinert, Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas († 2022)

• Engel Ligtvoet
• Eugéne Etienne DOBBELAERE (48), Kortrijk
• Anne Lageveen (79), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirkje Bal (79)
• Antoon Lukas Bakker (60)
• Anne Jans Lageveen (79), Heerenveen
• Catharina Gesine MEINKEN (77), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Christianen (80), Roosendaal
• Anna de Heus (56), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Freerk Hoeksma (63), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1977 » Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
• 1977 » Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
• 1977 » Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
• 1977 » Rosevelt Colvin, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
• 1978 » Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer
• 1978 » Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
• 1979 » John Carew, Norwegian footballer
• 1979 » Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster

• 1970 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1980 » Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1982 » Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Johannes Hint, Estonian engineer (b. 1914)

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. Jessica
9. Jennifer
10. Esther
11. Wendy
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.
• February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 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.
• June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
• December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

The temperature on September 5, 1978 was between 6.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.