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• Esther Suzanne Maria LANGEMEIJER († 1996)
• Anneke BEKX, Eindhoven(N-Br.) († 1981)
• Ester Suzanna Maria Langemeijer ongehuwd, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1996)
• Karen A Eilderts († 1979)

• Carel Higler (67)
• Antoinetta Anna Hubertina Maertens (73), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Mathilda Josephina Blokpoel (70), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Aleida Gerharda Hendrika Rabbers (82), -
• Anne Risselada (62), Dokkum
• Bastiaan van Drongelen (94), Den Helder, Nederland
• Andries van der Lugt (81), Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan)
• Antoinetta Anna Hubertina Maertens (73), Eindhoven
• Barendina Hendrika D'hont (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Vreeswijk (55), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer
• 1978 » Brad Penny, American baseball player
• 1978 » Elijah Burke, American wrestler
• 1978 » Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1978 » Rose, French singer, songwriter and composer
• 1979 » Kareem McKenzie, American football player
• 1979 » Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
• 1980 » Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Jason Babin, American football player
• 1981 » Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1992 » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Mark
7. Dennis
8. David
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Richard
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Erik
15. Patrick
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Wendy
3. Anna
4. Marieke
5. Kim
6. Sandra
7. Johanna
8. Linda
9. Vanessa
10. Judith
11. Monique
12. Esther
13. Jessica
14. Jennifer
15. Barbara
16. Patricia

• 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 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
• February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.

The temperature on May 24, 1979 was between 5.7 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.