About the day » Wednesday October 31, 1979Calender converter

• Laetitia Wilhelmina Sieverink, Nijmegen († 1979)
• Henk-Jan Terwal, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Henk-Jan Terwal, Enschede
• Nicholas R. Buerkle, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri († 1979)
• David Ellen († 2002)

• Bernardina Johanna Dekker (83), Vleuten
• Anna Wilhelmina van Hulst (90), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Casper Albertus Hasselbach (56), Arnhem (NL)
• Abraham Minderman (77), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert IJtsma (54), Utrecht
• Angèle Neefs (72), Antwerpen, Belgie
• Albert Barneveld (84)
• Adelheid Karoline Schmied (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Kok (80), Goes
• A.F. Schröduer (35), IJmuiden

• 1978 » Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
• 1978 » Inka Grings, German footballer and manager
• 1978 » Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer
• 1978 » Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
• 1979 » Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
• 1979 » Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
• 1980 » Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor
• 1980 » Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist
• 1980 » Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer
• 1980 » Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer

• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)

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.
• February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
• February 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H₂S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
• February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
• April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.

The temperature on October 31, 1979 was between 8.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.