About the day » Saturday July 7, 1979Calender converter

• Paulus Wilhelmus Oeljee, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Jasper(Jasper) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Christiaan Wietse van Loenen, Zevenaar († 1983)
• Wilhelmus Johannes Marinus Boelen, Winschoten
• Alexander Cornelus Oeljee, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)

• Albert Koerts (88)
• Alice Florence Finzer (73), Baltic, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Benjamin Vonk (79)
• * Gerrit de Gast (82), Baarle Nassau
• Abraham Balfoort (81), Soest, Utr, Nederland
• Betje Van der Veen (89), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Weijers (73), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Boeren (89), Den Hout
• Adrianus Boeren (89)
• Aaltje Voorma (85)

• 1976 » Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress
• 1978 » Chris Andersen, American basketball player
• 1978 » Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
• 1979 » Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
• 1979 » Douglas Hondo, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1979 » Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, Saudi Arabian terrorist († 2015)
• 1980 » John Buck, American baseball player
• 1980 » Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
• 1980 » Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish footballer
• 1981 » Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer

• 1971 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1976 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
• 1980 » Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (b. 1901)
• 1984 » George Oppen, American poet and author (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902)

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

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. Petra

• 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.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• March 28 » A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
• October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

The temperature on July 7, 1979 was between 11.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.