About the day » Saturday November 24, 1979Calender converter

• Ate Folkert Ypeus Oostenbrug (87), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Hellemons (71), Veghel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Christiaan Balk (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Verschoor (72), Alblasserdam
• Albert Luichies (95)
• Adrianus Martinus Johannes Hellemons (71), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Andrew Ziegler (97), Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana, United States of America
• Albert Luchies (95), Almelo, Nederland
• Alfred Schenck (82), Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
• Carel Frederik Boudewijn Brunings (78), Amsterdam

• 1976 » Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
• 1976 » Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Mona Hanna-Attisham British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate
• 1977 » Celaleddin Koçak, German-Turkish footballer
• 1977 » Colin Hanks, American actor
• 1978 » Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer
• 1979 » Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Beth Phoenix, American wrestler
• 1980 » Kabir Ali, English cricketer
• 1982 » Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player

• 1968 » D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (b. 1942)
• 1973 » John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881)
• 1980 » George Raft, American actor and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist and academic, father of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (b. 1936)
• 1987 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 1990 » Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Mark
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Richard
11. Michael
12. Pieter
13. Erik
14. Paul
15. Gerrit
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Wendy
3. Marieke
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Sandra
7. Johanna
8. Linda
9. Vanessa
10. Judith
11. Monique
12. Esther
13. Jessica
14. Patricia
15. Jennifer
16. Petra

• 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 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
• March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
• May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
• May 30 » Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

The temperature on November 24, 1979 was between 2.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.