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Born on Wednesday January 31, 1979
- Andreas Felix Paul von Bismarck († 2019)
- Addik Sebastiaan Zwiers, Hoorn
- Menno Loukes de Jong, Hoornsterzwaag, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
Died on Wednesday January 31, 1979
- * Maria Francisca Walters (73), Oss
- Dirk Klaas Schaper (37)
- Edwine Pauline KIEL (55)
- Aafje Zwaan (88), Hilversum
- Cornelia Lorens (85), Nieuwstadt,, Limburg, Nederland
- Daisy Irene Hendricks (85), Jefferson County, Alabama
- Aaltje Fennema (80)
- Bernhard Bohse (71), Papenburg
- Cuthbert Cardwell ** (81), Blackpool and Fylde, Lancashire, England
- Aafke Rienks Dubblinga (82), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 31, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 31
- 1977 » Kerry Washington, American actress
- 1977 » Suchitra Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1978 » Fabián Caballero, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1979 » Daniel Tammet, English author and educator
- 1980 » Gary Doherty, Irish footballer, centre forward
- 1980 » James Adomian, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1980 » Shim Yi-young, South Korean actress
- 1981 » Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
- 1981 » Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1981 » Mark Cameron, Australian cricketer
Died on January 31
- 1969 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
- 1971 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)
- 1973 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
- 1974 » Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)
- 1976 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (b. 1941)
- 1976 » Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)
- 1985 » Reginald Baker, English-Australian film producer (b. 1896)
- 1985 » Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)
- 1987 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1989 » William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)
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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.
- February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
- February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
- July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
- August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
- October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
Weather January 31, 1979
The average temperature on January 31, 1979 was 1.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.