About the day » Sunday February 11, 1979Calender converter

• Charony Mobron († 2015)
• Robbie de Swart, Gorinchem († 1980)
• Charony Mobron († 2015)
• Daisy Pannecoucke, Izegem, België († 2010)

• Aaltje SIEBEN (80), Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles Homer Brown (63), Dephue, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Albertus Abraham VAN DER LIJN (76), Buitenpost (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands
• Binne Berends Bijker (79), Siegerswoude, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaldert Botter (81), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Aloysius Antonius Evers (66), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Binne Berends Bijker (79), Siegerswoude
• Albert Gruis (86), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Remijn (82), Goes
• Antonius Albertus Redegeld (82), Bilthoven

• 1974 » D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 » Nick Barmby, English international footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1975 » Andy Lally, American race car driver
• 1975 » Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer
• 1975 » Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 » Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1979 » Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1982 » Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
• 1982 » Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
• 1983 » Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer, midfielder

• 1973 » J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
• 1976 » Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1976 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, President of India (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1978 » James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• 1985 » Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)

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. Erik
14. Paul
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.
• January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
• June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
• July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
• October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

The temperature on February 11, 1979 was between -1.9 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.