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Born on Monday February 19, 1979
- Emmy Martiena van Weerden, Doesburg († 1987)
- Trijntje Snijders, Emmen
- Emmy Martina van Weerden, Doesburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1987)
Died on Monday February 19, 1979
- Christina Alberts (94), Arnhem, Ge Netherlands
- Angenita Maria Stoub (77), Purmerend
- Antje Guurtje van Vuure (66), Soest
- Alice De Schepper (81), Wavre, België
- Aloijsius Maria Kwantes (64), Tilburg
- Albertus Henricus BESSELINK (74)
- Amédée van BIERVLIET (77), Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
- Anna Eliza COERTJENS (72)
- Catharina Theodora Maria Ausems (78), Goirle
- Byron Shaffer (68), Pottstown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 19, 1979 at Delpher
Born on February 19
- 1977 » Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author
- 1977 » Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer and manager
- 1977 » Ola Salo, Swedish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1978 » Ben Gummer, English scholar and politician
- 1978 » Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper
- 1979 » Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player and manager
- 1980 » Dwight Freeney, American football player
- 1980 » Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1980 » Mike Miller, American basketball player
- 1981 » Beth Ditto, American singer
Died on February 19
- 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
- 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
- 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
- 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
- 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
- 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
- 1988 » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Richard
- Michael
- Pieter
- Erik
- Paul
- Gerrit
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Petra
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.
- 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.
- March 26 » Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
- September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
- October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Weather February 19, 1979
The temperature on February 19, 1979 was between -4.9 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.