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• STEFANUS THEODORUS JOHANNES MAAT, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Patricia Ann SWARTZ, Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2019)

• Berend Helmus (90), Aduard
• Adriaantje Wassenaar (64), Zuidlaren, NL-DR
• Anna Maria Peters (81), Brunssum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Bouwman (67), Veenendaal
• Adrianus Petrus Maria van Riel (78), Tilburg
• Arie de Jong (73), Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Helm (92)
• Adrianus Marinus Schoots (77), Zeist
• Catharina Zwart (91), Zaandam, Nederland
• Antje van der Galiën (72)

• 1978 » Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Chase Utley, American baseball player
• 1978 » Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician
• 1978 » Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter
• 1978 » Riteish Deshmukh, Indian film actor, producer and architect
• 1979 » Matt Murley, American ice hockey player
• 1979 » Paul Smith, English footballer
• 1980 » Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
• 1980 » Eli Pariser, American activist and author
• 1980 » Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver

• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1986 » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
• 1987 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)

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.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
• September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
• December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
• December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
• December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

The temperature on December 17, 1979 was between 5.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.