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• Henriëtte IJbeltje Vollmuller, N.O.Polder

• Christina van Schijndel (57), Middelburg
• Bertha Aleida Lammers (90)
• Adriaan Sligcher (78), Katwijk
• Christina Johanna Sommeling (93), Rosmalen
• Anna Martha Catharina PRETORIUS (87), Schweizer Reneke
• Berend Snippe (61), Vriezenveen
• Albert Fonteyne (62), Roeselare
• Clara Maria Dorothea Wittrock (89), Almelo
• Ary van der Hoeven (77), Schiedam, Nederland
• Amélia de Sampaio Alvarenga (88), São Paulo, Brasil

• 1978 » Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach
• 1978 » Jason Marquis, American baseball player
• 1978 » Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 » Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
• 1978 » Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
• 1979 » Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author
• 1980 » Burney Lamar, American race car driver
• 1980 » Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player
• 1980 » Paul Menard, American race car driver
• 1981 » Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer († 2018)

• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1989 » Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (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. 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. Patricia
15. Jennifer
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 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
• March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• 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.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on August 21, 1979 was between 8.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.