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Born on Thursday January 25, 1979
- Michiel Straaten († 1993)
- Everardus Jacobus Martinus van Gool, Breda
Died on Thursday January 25, 1979
- "Anastasia" Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (55), Hamburg, Allemagne
- Anna Hubertina Elisabeth (Lily) Hesdal (69), Mechelen, Limburg, Nederland
- Anastasia Alexandrine, Herzogin von Mecklenburg Schwerin (56), Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Anastasia Von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (56), Hamburg, D
- Annetta Maria Wilhelmina van Miltenburg (72), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Albertus Johannes Grijsen (61), Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
- Aaltje Langereis (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Elisabeth Jongedijk (92), Enschede
- Arend Jan Schreurs (59), Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adrianus Rudolphus van den Bent (29)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 25, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 25
- 1977 » Michael Brown, English footballer, midfielder, manager and pundit
- 1978 » Ahmet Dursun, Turkish footballer
- 1978 » Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
- 1978 » Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player
- 1979 » Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
- 1980 » Alayna Burns, Australian track cyclist
- 1980 » Xavi, Spanish footballer
- 1981 » Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
- 1981 » Francis Jeffers, English footballer
- 1981 » Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer († 2007)
Died on January 25
- 1970 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese director and producer (b. 1901)
- 1970 » Jane Bathori, French soprano (b. 1877)
- 1971 » Barry III, Guinean lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
- 1972 » Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1975 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
- 1978 » Skender Kulenović, Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
- 1981 » Adele Astaire, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1896)
- 1982 » Mikhail Suslov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1902)
- 1985 » Ilias Iliou, Greek jurist and politician (b. 1904)
- 1987 » Frank J. Lynch, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1922)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
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.
- March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
- May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
- November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
- December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
Weather January 25, 1979
The temperature on January 25, 1979 was between -1.3 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.