About the day » Friday February 2, 1979Calender converter

• Ronald Mark Menninga, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Greta ten Napel, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2004)
• Sebastiaan Steinvoort († 1979)
• Dennis VOLL, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Cindy Van Dijck, Lier († 1979)
• Christina Nageler, Aachen,, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Kerry Ann Folkerts
• Johannes Cornelis Soeterbroek, Den Haag

• Aaltje de Groot (72), Woerden (Utr) NL
• Alida Wilhelmina Eskens (84), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Gertruida Pienaar (85), Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
• Ardina Hendrina Maria Langenhuizen (80), Wijchen,GD, Nederland
• Carolis Antonius Krens (87), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe MOISSE (74), Hermalle sous Huy,4480,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Bauk Zeldenrust (83), andijk
• Christopher Davis (0)
• Alida Adriana Gresnigt (91), Doorn, Utrecht, NL
• "Christian" Urbain Marie Joseph Amable de Cacqueray-Valmenier (75), Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France

• 1978 » Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer
• 1978 » Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player
• 1978 » Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1978 » Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
• 1979 » Christine Lampard, Irish television host
• 1979 » Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter
• 1979 » Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
• 1979 » Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
• 1979 » Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• 1979 » Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver

• 1972 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
• 1980 » William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959)

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. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
• November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
• November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.

The temperature on February 2, 1979 was between -0.9 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.