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Born on Monday February 5, 1979
- Cynthia Elizabeth Jozephina Kleinpenning, Almelo († 2011)
- Melissa Goossens, Eindhoven († 2007)
- Cynthia Elizabeth Jozefina Kleinpenning, Almelo († 2011)
Died on Monday February 5, 1979
- Aantje Nobbe, Amsterdam
- Amelia Alphonsina ROEFS (69), Kapellen, Antwerpen, België
- Alice Geldern von (80)
- Anna Maria Geziena Tapken (85), Stadskanaal
- Charles Lee Bufford (35), Missouri, United States Of America
- (1) Gerrit Pieter Dijkstra (72), Amsterdam
- A.G. (Lou) JACOBS (47), Valkenburg (NL/LI)
- Christiana Engelina Grandia (86)
- Arthur William Mills (71)
- Chantal van de Pas (2), Biezenmortel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 5, 1979 at Delpher
Born on February 5
- 1977 » Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
- 1977 » Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
- 1977 » Ben Ainslie, English sailor
- 1978 » Brian Russell, American football player
- 1978 » Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
- 1979 » Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality
- 1980 » Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
- 1980 » Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
- 1981 » Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
- 1981 » Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
Died on February 5
- 1969 » Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1970 » Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
- 1971 » Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (b. 1933)
- 1972 » Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
- 1976 » Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
- 1977 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
- 1981 » Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
- 1982 » Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
- 1983 » Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
- 1987 » William Collier, Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Michael
- Richard
- Pieter
- Erik
- Paul
- Bart
- Gerrit
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Jennifer
- Patricia
- Nathalie
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 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
- June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
- December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
- December 12 » The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
- December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Weather February 5, 1979
The temperature on February 5, 1979 was between -3.4 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.