About the day » Wednesday September 19, 1979Calender converter

• Joram Chorus, Eindhoven,1054,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• Anna Reuter (77), Gronau
• Andreas Jacobus Thomas (80), Amsterdam
• Anna Boonstra (89), -
• Anna Klazes Boonstra (89), Opende, Gem. Grootegast, Gr., NL
• Akke Mulder (81), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Kruijver (77), Haarlem
• Bertha Frieda Klein (70)
• Agnes Maria Bellen (86), Alken, België
• Aaltje Huizing (67), Smilde
• Adam Confurius (75), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1977 » Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• 1977 » Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
• 1977 » Ryan Dusick, American musician (Maroon 5) and record producer
• 1978 » Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1978 » Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host
• 1980 » Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
• 1980 » James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
• 1980 » Sara Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1980 » Tegan Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 » Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 » Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 » Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
• 1990 » Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)

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.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 12 » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.
• October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
• December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

The temperature on September 19, 1979 was between 15.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.