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• Linsay Salina de Pruyssenaere de la Woestijne, Zeven, Duitsland († 2011)
• Valerie Rijckbosch, Zottegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Vincent Courbois, Arnhem, Ned
• Greet Kerkhofs
• Marieke Brommersma

• Christina Maria Schonis (80), Utrecht
• Annie Elizabeth Kittrell Rowland <KB sKBs 02PqObSSDIPlnkChMNCBu>3 fr 3 (83), Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina
• Antoon Corneel Poppelier (67), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Alexandrina Maria Amory (67), Hoogezand
• Jacob Hessels (82), Diever
• Carolus Nevelsteen‏ (84), Geel, België
• Catharina Govaers (79), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Breider (88)
• Alexandrina Maria Amory (67), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Egmond (56), Amsterdam

• 1977 » Paul Cattermole, British singer and actor
• 1977 » Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach
• 1978 » Jaqueline Jesus, Brazilian psychologist and activist
• 1979 » Amanda Somerville, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Rodrigo Braña, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 » Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 » Laura Prepon, American actress
• 1980 » Murat Boz, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 » Manucho, Angolan footballer

• 1967 » Alice B. Toklas, American writer (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1930)
• 1973 » Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (b. 1927)
• 1975 » Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Wright Patman, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1983 » Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
• 1986 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York State Attorney General (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Divine, American drag queen and film actor (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.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
• October 12 » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.
• 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 19 » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

The temperature on March 7, 1979 was between 1.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.