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January 10, 1979 
January 8, 1979
Born on Tuesday January 9, 1979
- Gustaaf Jozef Renilde Lambregts, Turnhout, Provincie Antwerpen († 2006)
- Judith E. Hamer
- Renske Henny Beldman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Saskia Severijn
- Renske Henny Beldman, Zwolle
Died on Tuesday January 9, 1979
- Alma Hyrum Dalebout (68), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Aartje Karssen (59), Harderwijk
- Coralee Boyte Parden (84), Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
- Adrianus Wilhelmus Grobben (71), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Clarence Lee van Bibber (50), Salt Lake City, Utah, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Christina Groenendaal (82), Velsen
- Clasina Dirkje Vos (79)
- Clasina Dirkje Vos (79)
- Charles Barnard (77), MI, Verenigde Staten
- Alouis Van Steenlandt (83), Stekene (B)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 9, 1979 at Delpher
Born on January 9
- 1976 » Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
- 1978 » AJ McLean, American singer
- 1978 » Chad Johnson, American football player and actor
- 1978 » Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
- 1978 » Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 » Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
- 1980 » Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer
- 1980 » Sergio García, Spanish golfer
- 1981 » Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager
- 1982 » Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Died on January 9
- 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
- 1972 » Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
- 1975 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1975 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
- 1979 » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
- 1981 » Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
- 1984 » Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
- 1985 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
- 1987 » Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1988 » Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)
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.
- January 16 » The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
- February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
- March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
- July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
- November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
- November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
Weather January 9, 1979
The temperature on January 9, 1979 was between -1.2 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.