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January 26, 1979
Died on Saturday January 27, 1979
- Adriaan Willem van Sluijs (92)
- Barteld Rogaar (66), Gieterveen
- Bernhard Wittrock (86), Brual
- Albert Spijkerman (78)
- Anna Hubertina Ida Hansen (76), Roermond
- Cornelia Meischke (73), Arnhem,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelia Maria Francisca van Gorp (79), Tilburg
- Catherine Cordes Porcher (86)
- Adriaan Brouwer (73), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Arie Kwint (54), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 27, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 27
- 1976 » Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer
- 1976 » Clint Ford, American actor, voice actor and novelist
- 1976 » Danielle George MBE FIET, Professor of Radio frequency engineering at the University of Manchester
- 1978 » Pete Laforest, Canadian-American baseball player and manager
- 1979 » Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach
- 1979 » Rosamund Pike, English actress
- 1980 » Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1980 » Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician
- 1981 » Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1981 » Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
Died on January 27
- 1970 » Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
- 1971 » Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
- 1972 » Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1973 » William Nolde, American colonel (b. 1929)
- 1974 » Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (b. 1898)
- 1975 » Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
- 1983 » Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 1986 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (b. 1914)
- 1987 » Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
- 1988 » Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Richard
- Michael
- Pieter
- Erik
- Paul
- Gerrit
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Petra
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1979
- 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 14.0 million citizens.
- February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
- June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
- September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
- October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Weather January 27, 1979
The temperature on January 27, 1979 was between -7.3 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.