About the day » Thursday November 15, 1979Calender converter

• Angela Benders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Angela Adriana Geertruda Anna Benders, Tilburg († 1980)
• Mathew Eugene Sherman, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa († 2003)

• Aaltje Veenstra (76), Den Helder
• Berend Ridder (66), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• van ZIJL (80)
• Cornelis Gerrit Wilmans (74), Amsterdam
• Cornelia van Dijk (92), Oudewater
• Bareld Willems Weening (59), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van der Peet (94), Ilpendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Mathilda Schindeler (64), IJmuiden
• Charles Wesley McPhail Rev. (80), Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Abbie I. GOTTSHALL (90), Elizabethville

• 1977 » Peter Phillips, English businessman
• 1977 » Robaire Smith, American football player
• 1977 » Sean Murray, American actor
• 1978 » Floyd Womack, American football player
• 1979 » Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
• 1979 » Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
• 1979 » Josemi, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1981 » Drew Hodgdon, American football player
• 1981 » Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer

• 1976 » Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
• 1981 » Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 1982 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1983 » John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955)

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.
• March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
• March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
• October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• 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 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.

The temperature on November 15, 1979 was between 0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.