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Born on Thursday October 11, 1979
- Ivar Gernand, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Rob Smits, Eindhoven
- Kaat Haezebrouck
Died on Thursday October 11, 1979
- Aaltje Johannes Wagenaar (67)
- Anna Maria van Leeuwen (67), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Cornelia Maria van der Wouden (74), Gouda
- Aafke Sophie Berghuis (84), Groningen
- Anna Elizabeth Conley (78), Franklin County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- Alberta Konijnenberg (87), ,,, Zutphen \
- Alberta Konijnenberg (87), Zutphen
- Cora Holloway (79), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Molenaar (84), Obdam
- Alexandr Hofmann (69), пгт.Урицкий., Кустанайская область., Kasachstan
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)
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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.
- January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
- March 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
- July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
- September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
- 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 10 » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
Weather 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.