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Born on Friday January 19, 1979
- Annebeth de Groot, Hoogeveen († 2007)
- Dimitri van Gameren († 2023)
- Yolanda RAASVELD († 2016)
- Melanie Sue Cassmann († 1995)
- Annebeth de GROOT, Hoogeveen († 2007)
Died on Friday January 19, 1979
- Anna Poelman (96), Slochteren
- Brice Richards Bonner Sr. [sPPts] (84), Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
- Aaltje Buist (80)
- Annabel Janet DAM (57), East Brunswick New Jersey U.S.A
- Benjamin George Anthony Meijer (44), Roosendaal,Gemeente Roosendaal,North Brabant,Netherlands
- Adrianus Johannes Cornelis CAMERON (64), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Cameron (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alice Maria Euphrasia Van Wauwe (80), Beveren-Waas
- Anna Poelman, Slochteren,Groningen,Niederlande
- Aaltje de Boer (72), Schermerhorn
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 19, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 19
- 1977 » Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
- 1979 » Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
- 1979 » Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
- 1979 » Wiley, English rapper and producer
- 1980 » Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1980 » Jenson Button, English race car driver
- 1980 » Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
- 1980 » Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1980 » Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
- 1981 » Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player
Died on January 19
- 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
- 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
- 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
- 1976 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
- 1979 » Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
- 1980 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
- 1981 » Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
- 1982 » Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
- 1984 » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
- 1987 » Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Richard
- Michael
- Pieter
- Paul
- Erik
- Gerrit
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Petra
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1979
- 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.
- April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
- April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
- October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
- November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
- December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.
Weather January 19, 1979
The temperature on January 19, 1979 was between -4.9 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.