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• James Edward Todd ****, Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Petra Jacobien Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jannemiek Peterkamp, Barneveld († 1979)
• Feiko Eelkes de Jager, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Feiko de Jager, Stiens († 1996)

• Barteld Doornbos (85), Bierum, Holwierde
• Ada Louise Morgan **** (75), Spencerville, Montgomery, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Cor Laurijssen (56), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Hougee (97), Gieten
• Anthonie Broodman (71), den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus VAN DE VEN (77), Eindhoven (NL)
• Barend Karsemeijer (88)
• Anna Frederika Carolina Terry (76), Victoria (Autralië)
• Clémentine Ribette (83), Belvès,24170,Dordogne,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE,Vaurez
• Arend Mulderij (89), Zaanstad

• 1977 » Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 » Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
• 1978 » Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
• 1979 » Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
• 1980 » Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
• 1980 » Dustin Kensrue, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » François Duval, Belgian race car driver
• 1980 » Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 († 2001)
• 1980 » Luke Chadwick, English footballer
• 1980 » Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer

• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1986 » Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
• 1987 » Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)

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 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
• February 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
• May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.

The temperature on November 18, 1979 was between 1.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.