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• Cheryl van Gorkum, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
• Sara Jeanne Krosschell
• Laurence PEETERS

• Catharine Helen BOARD (71), Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Allegonda Geertruida (Gon) van Golberdinge (80), Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria van Disseldorp (85), Reek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Heijstek (83), Wissenkerke (Noord-Beveland), Zeeland, Nederland
• Alfons VAN HAUTEKERKE (81), Temse
• Adrianus Henricus van Hassel (65), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brenda Atella Harrop (81), Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States of America
• Catharina Margaretha Over (86), Emmer-compascuum
• catharina petronella van baast (71)
• Cornelis van Mourik (83), Dordrecht

• 1977 » Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player and singer
• 1977 » Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
• 1977 » Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
• 1978 » DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 » Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1978 » John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1978 » Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter
• 1980 » Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 » Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer

• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

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.
• May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
• July 11 » America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
• October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
• November 16 » The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.

The temperature on February 24, 1979 was between -2.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.