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Born on Friday October 12, 1979
- Stefan SEGERS, Maaseik,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1983)
- Catharine Anne FOWLER († 1979)
- Marko Spajić, Split,, Joegoslavië
Died on Friday October 12, 1979
- Catharina Maria de Visser (79), Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Cornelis Heijnen (76)
- Cornelis Jozef Akkermans (62), Delft
- Anna Engelina Schür Schur (71), Musselkanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
- Aafje Haringhuizen (80), Oosterleek
- Anna Catharina Dekkers (84), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catharina Sonke (74), Goes
- Aalt van de Mheen (86), Terschuur
- Berend Scholte (83), Wedde-Bellingwedde(Gr)
- Anna Termonia (78), Sint-Truiden, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 12, 1979 at Delpher
Born on October 12
- 1977 » Bode Miller, American skier
- 1977 » Cristie Kerr, American golfer
- 1977 » Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer
- 1978 » Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
- 1978 » Stefan Binder, German footballer
- 1979 » Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1979 » Steve Borthwick, English rugby player
- 1979 » Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician
- 1980 » Ledley King, English footballer
- 1981 » Tom Guiry, American actor
Died on October 12
- 1971 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
- 1971 » Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
- 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
- 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
- 1978 » Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (b. 1958)
- 1984 » Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
- 1985 » Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
- 1985 » Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
- 1987 » Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
- 1987 » Fahri Korutürk, Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
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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.
- May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
- October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
- November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
Weather October 12, 1979
The temperature on October 12, 1979 was between 11.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.