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• François-Guillaume Marie Rasse Charles de LIEDEKERKE, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2012)
• Christa van Pelt, Waddinxveen, Provincie Zuid-Holland († 1990)
• Josephus Antonius Maria Halters, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Martijn Ouwerkerk († 1997)
• Manuel José Moenens, Kortrijk († 2010)
• Fleur Dijkhuis († 1997)
• Emily Jean Verheul († 1985)
• Karin Verkleij, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Cornelis van Mourik (57)
• Cornelis (Cees) Danenberg (92), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes van Schaffelaar (96)
• Albert Carl Rechterman (78), Lost Nation, Clinton, Iowa, United States
• Arthur Samuel Craner (50), Flint, Genesee, Michigan
• Arend Vermaat (78), Nunspeet
• Wladyslaw Sekulski (72), Steenbergen
• Albertus Judocus Franciscus Maria (Frans) van Hoof (64)
• Berendina g Wilbrink (55)
• Dirk van Heest (45), Springlake U.S.A

• 1978 » Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
• 1978 » Philippe Christanval, French footballer
• 1978 » Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player
• 1979 » Clay Hensley, American baseball player
• 1979 » Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
• 1979 » Mickie James, American wrestler
• 1979 » Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 » Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1979 » Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter and producer

• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)
• 1974 » William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1978 » John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1886)
• 1984 » Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)

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.
• March 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
• March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
• June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
• December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

The temperature on August 31, 1979 was between 11.0 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.