About the day » Sunday January 7, 1979Calender converter

• J.B. (Jules) Roosen, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)

• Adriana Anthonia van Oostrum (88), Ermelo
• Celso Lacerda Nogueira (72), Caieiras, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arie Kiep (83)
• Albertus Martinus Bosgra (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Voesenek (62), Breda, Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Antje Klaver (58), Zwaag
• Anton van Rijn (85), Beverwijk
• Cyrillus Camillus Van Eecke (74), Oostende
• Carl Schlichting (65), Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Cornelia Maria Margaretha Müller (71), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist
• 1974 » Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician
• 1976 » Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 » Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer
• 1977 » Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright
• 1979 » Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.
• 1982 » Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 » Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
• 1983 » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver

• 1968 » J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
• 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
• 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917))
• 1988 » Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b.1919)
• 1989 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)

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.
• March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
• October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
• 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 average temperature on January 7, 1979 was -2.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.