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• Susanne Johanna Bakker, Voorburg († 2001)

• Cornelia (Petronella) Jacobs (53), Houston (USA)
• Arisje Kelderman (82), Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Josefina van Beurden (82), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonia Heskens (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharine Anne FOWLER (0)
• Bastiaan Groeneveld (74), Oud Beijerland
• Aleida Johanna Maria Janssen (73), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinetta van den Bergh (81), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Josephina van Beurden (82), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Age Woud (56), Amsterdam

• 1977 » Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
• 1977 » Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1978 » Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 » Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
• 1978 » Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
• 1979 » Brian Robertson, American trombonist
• 1979 » José Luis López, Mexican footballer
• 1979 » Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player
• 1980 » José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 » Rajai Davis, American baseball player

• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Mark
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Richard
11. Michael
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Erik
15. Gerrit
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Wendy
3. Marieke
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Sandra
7. Johanna
8. Linda
9. Vanessa
10. Judith
11. Monique
12. Esther
13. Jessica
14. Patricia
15. Jennifer
16. Petra

• 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.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
• October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

The temperature on October 19, 1979 was between 4.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.