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• Cornelis Dijkstra, Emmen
• Kelly Nicole Thompkins ****, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Johanna Hendrika Maria Tholen († 2001)
• Darvin Wayne Lehman († 1979)
• Stijn Meersschaut, Gent († 1990)
• Marieke│Mimi Zuijdwijk, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)

• Cornelis Pieter Johannis van Noord (47), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Iwes (79)
• Bertha La Croix (81), Groningen
• Anna de Jong (78), Amsterdam
• Antonius Cornelis van Venrooij (59), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bauke Rein Windsma (78)
• Anna de Jong (78), Amsterdam
• Anna Ackermans (80)
• Anna Egbertsdr Weggemans (95)
• Cornelis de Hoop (64), Alblasserdam, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1976 » Alex Shaffer, American skier
• 1976 » Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteering competitor
• 1976 » Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout
• 1979 » Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
• 1979 » Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Larry Hughes, American basketball player
• 1981 » Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player
• 1982 » Andrew Rock, American sprinter
• 1982 » Oceana Mahlmann, German singer and songwriter
• 1982 » Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player

• 1973 » Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
• 1973 » Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)

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 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• March 26 » Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
• June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
• June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• August 27 » The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.

The temperature on January 23, 1979 was between -5.3 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.