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Born on Thursday October 18, 1979
- Audrey Wacanno, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
- Raoel Mertens, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
- Ward Adriaan Bergmans, Eindhoven
- Jeroen Van Landeghem († 1986)
Died on Thursday October 18, 1979
- Albertha de Jong (68)
- Antonius Cornelissen (66), Gilze en Rijen
- Anna Albers (66), fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten
- Berendina Kampert (86), Otterlo, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelis Hendrikus Willems (75), Amsterdam
- Antje Gooitzens Nicolai (71), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
- Carl Spencer Grigg Jr. (32)
- Caroline Peeters (78)
- Birdella Baker Smith (99)
- Cornelis Dirk Michielen (73), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 18, 1979 at Delpher
Born on October 18
- 1977 » Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist
- 1977 » Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1977 » Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
- 1978 » Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
- 1978 » Mike Tindall, English rugby player
- 1979 » Damon Scott, British entertainer
- 1979 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
- 1979 » Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor
- 1979 » Hikaru Kawamura, Japanese model
- 1980 » Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
Died on October 18
- 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
- 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
- 1977 » Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
- 1977 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
- 1978 » Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
- 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
- 1982 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
- 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
- 1982 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
- 1982 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1979
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 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
- July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
- September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
- October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
- October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
- November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
Weather October 18, 1979
The temperature on October 18, 1979 was between 5.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.