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• Albert Schoonhoven (78), Doornspijk
• Catharina Henriette de Vogel (81), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Albert Hinzen (83), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Bertus Pees (65), Haren
• Andreas Koopal (84), Leeuwarden
• Anna Josephina Maas (73), Santa Ponsa
• Albertina Pinto Rodrigues (79), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Delmar G. Boven (70), Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Daniella van den Bos (59), Monster
• Delmar G Boven (70), Grand Rapid

• 1974 » Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist († 2009)
• 1978 » Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
• 1978 » Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
• 1979 » Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
• 1979 » Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
• 1981 » Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
• 1983 » Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
• 1984 » Ricky Romero, American baseball player

• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)

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. Nathalie

• 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 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
• March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
• May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
• June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
• October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

The temperature on November 6, 1979 was between 2.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.