About the day » Thursday January 11, 1979Calender converter

• Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria van Boxtel, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes Willem van der Ploeg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Maria De Los Angeles 'Chichi' IRIZAR († 2002)
• Marleen Elisabeth Annemijn Prinsen, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)

• Clarence Sick (78), Hornell, Steuben County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Bekkering (86), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Mobach (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amatilla (77), Amsterdam
• Bernard Weinans (Weinans,,Weynants,Wijnands) (89), Emmen
• Arris de Man (74), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bettie Ann Hutchinson (92), Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhard Weinans (89), Emmen (0f 1970)
• Anthonius Franciscus van der Meer (73), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Spies (80), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL

• 1977 » Shamari Buchanan, American football player
• 1978 » Emile Heskey, English footballer
• 1978 » Holly Brisley, Australian actress
• 1978 » Michael Duff, Irish footballer
• 1978 » Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
• 1979 » Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
• 1979 » Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
• 1979 » Michael Lorenz, German footballer
• 1980 » Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Mike Williams, American football player

• 1972 » Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1975 » Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Paul Lynde, American Actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1985 » Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1985 » William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
• 1986 » Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)

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.
• January 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

The temperature on January 11, 1979 was between 0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.