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• Xavier Lagroy de Croutte de Saint-Martin († 1981)
• Nathan Gerritsen, Ganges (British Columbia, Canada)
• Trevor Ashley Hart, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
• Judith Bogers, Wouwse Plantage († 1980)

• Albert Zeeryp (76), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Johannes Baptist Vermeer (87), Goirle
• Cornelis Johannes Voskuilen (73), Laren
• Adrienne Van den Bogaerde (78), Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
• Anna Lafrance (79), Pt. Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
• Catharina Johanna Theresia van Luenen (48), Nijmegen
• Arie van Rijn (52), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Kooijman (94), Rotterdam
• Brand Vaarkamp (55), Barneveld
• Cornelie Karin Kanaar (13), 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen, ZL, NL

• 1976 » Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist
• 1978 » Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
• 1978 » Katie Price, English television personality and glamour model
• 1979 » Maggie Q, American actress
• 1979 » Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress
• 1980 » Lucy Gordon, British actress and model († 2009)
• 1980 » Sharice Davids, American politician
• 1981 » Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer († 2015)
• 1981 » Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
• 1981 » Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player

• 1972 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1988 » Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
• 1990 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)

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.
• January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
• April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
• November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

The temperature on May 22, 1979 was between 10.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.