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• Nathalie Bakker, Beverwijk († 2008)
• Jacoba Helena van Nimwegen, Zeist
• Melinda Noel Harkins († 2020)

• Arend Gerrit Hagedoorn (80), Diepenheim
• Anna Paulina Kennis (69), Minderhout, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Antonia Josephina Tibben (74)
• Aukje Tienstra (88), ,,, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Benoit Van Den Bossche (68), Steenhuffel
• Aaltje Blokzijl (82), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen), Dr., NL
• Aaltje Blokzijl (82), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Lucia Elesen (81), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adele Marie de Vries (79), Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Norbertus Theeuwes (86), Gilze en Rijen

• 1977 » Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer
• 1978 » Jeremy Strong, American actor
• 1978 » Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager
• 1978 » Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
• 1979 » Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer
• 1979 » Laurent Bonnart, French footballer
• 1979 » Robert Huff, English race car driver
• 1980 » Laura Sadler, English actress († 2003)
• 1980 » Marcus Trufant, American football player

• 1970 » Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
• 1975 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)
• 1975 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
• 1980 » Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)

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

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. Jennifer
15. Patricia
16. Nathalie

• 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.
• May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
• July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
• July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
• December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

The temperature on December 25, 1979 was between -0.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.