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• levenloos geboren zoontje († 1979)
• Caroline Alijda Jeannette Lanjouw, Laren († 2007)
• Els Keyken († 1979)
• Caroline Alijda Jeanette LANJOUW, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Albert Keus (81), Apeldoorn
• Cornelia Moesker (58)
• Cornelis van der Toorn (44)
• Berend Westerhuis (84), Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Alice Annie "Beryl" Richardson #7278*10 (60), Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
• Alice Annie 'Beryl' Richardson (60), Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia
• Cornelia Steijsiger (75), Zaltbommel
• Aleida Kappers (49), Ermelo, Nederland
• Anna Maria Claes (86), Mol (België)
• Antonius Lodewijk (Ton) Lensink (56), Amsterdam

• 1976 » Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver
• 1977 » Randy Moss, American football player and coach
• 1978 » Niklas Bäckström, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 » Philippe Jaroussky, French countertenor
• 1979 » Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian murderer
• 1979 » Mena Suvari, American actress and fashion designer
• 1979 » Rachel Reeves, English economist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1979 » Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Carlos Cotto, Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer
• 1981 » Luisão, Brazilian footballer

• 1968 » Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Portia White, Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
• 1975 » André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
• 1980 » David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1984 » Cheong Eak Chong, Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)
• 1986 » Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1989 » Wayne Hays, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1911)

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 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
• February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
• July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.

The temperature on February 13, 1979 was between 0.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 14.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.