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• Jona Rens, Amsterdam
• Magali SCHEPPERS de BERGSTEIN, Uccle, 21016, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2023)
• Dirk Séawouíh van der Eijk, Abidjan, Ivoorkust († 1993)

• Ariaantje van der Boon (86), Katwijk
• Albert Pouleyn (82), Harelbeke (W-VL) België
• Bindert Douma (84), -
• Adriana van Oort (77)
• Anske Hayes Hiemstra (72), IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland
• Claude John KNOL (75), Pennsylvania U.S.A
• Afien Haan (77), Woldendorp
• Cornelia Hens (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sophia Josephina Van Der Schoot (71), Tilburg
• Catharina Hendrika Suiker (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
• 1978 » Glen Air, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 1978 » Reggie Wayne, American football player
• 1978 » Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
• 1979 » Matthew Spring, English footballer
• 1980 » Isaac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Jay Bradley, American wrestler
• 1981 » Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker
• 1981 » Sarah Harding, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)

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 16 » The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
• March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
• September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
• October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

The temperature on November 17, 1979 was between 2.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.