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Born on Thursday October 11, 1979
- Kaat Haezebrouck
- Ronald Gerrits
- Rob Smits, Eindhoven
Died on Thursday October 11, 1979
- Alexandr Hofmann (69), пгт.Урицкий., Кустанайская область., Kasachstan
- Alberdina Louisa Potharst (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alberta Konijnenberg (87), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Elizabeth Conley (78), Franklin County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- Aafke Schaafsma (88)
- Antje Wiersma (87), -
- Augustus de Moor (78), Axel(NL)
- Annie Joycelyn Hill (76)
- Cornelia van Liempt (90), Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelia Maria van der Wouden (74), Gouda
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 11, 1979 at Delpher
Born on October 11
- 1977 » Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1977 » Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
- 1977 » Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
- 1977 » Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
- 1978 » Carl Bussey, American soccer player
- 1978 » Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
- 1979 » Andy Douglas, American wrestler
- 1979 » Jamar Beasley, American football player
- 1979 » Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
- 1980 » Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
Died on October 11
- 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
- 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
- 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
- 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
- 1977 » MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1983 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
- 1984 » Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
- 1986 » Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 1988 » Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1989 » M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Johannes
- Jan
- Peter
- Cornelis
- Willem
- David
- Pieter
- Michael
- Jeroen
- Hendrik
- Robert
- Martijn
- Paul
- Mark
- Richard
- John
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Ann
- Elizabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Marieke
- Anne
- Kim
- Lynn
- Wendy
- Catharina
- Linda
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.
- June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
- July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- July 11 » America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
- September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
- 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.
- December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
The weather on Thursday October 11, 1979
The temperature on October 11, 1979 was between 13.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI