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• Clyde M Shute, Onondaga County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Vincent van Heuven van Staereling, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1979)
• Steven Robert van der Sluis († 1999)
• Astrid van Heuven van Staereling, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1979)
• Martijn Abbink, Terheijden († 2007)
• Mieke Sterckx, Veurne

• Adriaantje Faber (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia den Hartigh (79), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Mondria (70), Groningen, Nederland
• Christine Josefa Töller (64), Jüchen
• Clemens Reinhardt von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (67)
• August Hermann Schlosser (89), Kransberg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany
• Arentje Goedegebuur (66), Melissant, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Adriana van Dijk (66), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius van Riel (81), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Cornelius Kieft (71), Grand Haven Michigan USA, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Liza Weil, American actress
• 1978 » Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 » Jason White, American race car driver
• 1979 » Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer
• 1979 » Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer
• 1979 » Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
• 1980 » Antonio García, Spanish racing driver
• 1980 » Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and guitarist
• 1981 » Serhat Akın, Turkish footballer

• 1967 » Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Harry Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1878)
• 1993 » Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1996 » Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
• 1997 » J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)

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. Erik
14. Paul
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.
• March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
• November 10 » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.

The temperature on June 5, 1979 was between 11.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.