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• Hans van Schuppen, Haarlem († 2010)
• Kyle Ernest Lone Wolf, Portland († 2006)

• Agnes Mathilde (Mathilde) Leenen (83), Sint-Truiden, België
• Alice TONNEAU (86), Tournai,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anne Sjirks Cnossen (68), Egmond aan de Hoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Marie DELOBEL (69), Menen
• Antoon Jean Hubert Delsing (88), venray
• Alberta Martha Veer (79), Amersfoort, Utr, NL
• Beppie (Beppie Nooij Jr.) NOOIJ (60), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Agnes Hubertina Johanna van Heel (71), Sittard, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Goselink (73), Tubbergen
• Alberta Martha Veer (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1977 » Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
• 1977 » Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
• 1977 » Jaime Pressly, American actress
• 1977 » Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
• 1979 » Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
• 1979 » Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach
• 1979 » Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
• 1979 » Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist († 2012)
• 1980 » Justin Rose, South African-English golfer
• 1980 » Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician

• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 » Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1990 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)

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 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
• April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
• May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
• May 30 » Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.

The temperature on July 30, 1979 was between 14.3 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.