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January 12, 1979 
January 10, 1979
Born on Thursday January 11, 1979
- Maria De Los Angeles 'Chichi' IRIZAR († 2002)
- Marleen Elisabeth Annemijn Prinsen, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
- Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria van Boxtel, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Johannes Willem van der Ploeg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
- Jeroen Cornelis van Esch († 2024)
Died on Thursday January 11, 1979
- Charles Bertram Handley (53), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Alida Maria Mobach (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis de Nood (95), Middelburg
- Aafje Sieger (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Johannes Moonen (73)
- Anna Katharina Roth (86), Nauheim, Gross-Gerau, Starkenburg, Hessen
- Anthonius Franciscus Van der Meer (73), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Zoon (83), Tuitjenhorn, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Andries ENGELEN (61), Lommel
- Anna Margaretha Habets (73), Schinveld
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 11, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 11
- 1977 » Shamari Buchanan, American football player
- 1978 » Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978 » Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978 » Michael Duff, Irish footballer
- 1978 » Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
- 1979 » Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
- 1979 » Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1979 » Michael Lorenz, German footballer
- 1980 » Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player
- 1980 » Mike Williams, American football player
Died on January 11
- 1972 » Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
- 1975 » Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
- 1980 » Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
- 1981 » Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
- 1982 » Paul Lynde, American Actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- 1985 » Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
- 1985 » William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 » Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
- 1986 » Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1987 » Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
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.
- March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
- April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
- May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
- July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
- November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
- November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
Weather January 11, 1979
The temperature on January 11, 1979 was between 0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.