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• Nicky Ramon Pieter Marko Tuitman, Groningen
• Johannes Cornelis DOEVENDANS, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Jan Doevendans († 2007)
• Troy David Christensen († 1979)
• Arjan Louis Kloppenburg, Arnhem
• Moniek Wilhelmina Antonia van der Horst, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Tara Mitchell
• Steven Phillip COATES, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2004)
• Johannes Cornelis (Jan) Doevendans, Oss, Nederland († 2007)
• Jérome NASLIN, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1980)

• Attje van der Werf (89), -
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Reumkens (79), Ubach Over Worms, Nederland
• Alfreata James (96), Monticello, San Juan, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Ter Stege (81), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Friedrich Carl" Georg Maria Fugger von Babenhausen (65), Schloss Wellenburg
• Adrienne Adriana Julie Dom (82)
• Antoine Godefroy Peretti (80), Ajaccio, Corse, France
• Anne Vondeling (63), Mechelen, Belgie
• Abramine Friesendorp (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Alberta Klaasje Alink (71), Haarlem

• 1976 » Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1976 » Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 » Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
• 1977 » Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 » Danny Ahn, South Korean singer
• 1978 » Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
• 1978 » Joy Ali, Fijian boxer († 2015)
• 1979 » Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1981 » Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
• 1982 » Britta Heidemann, German fencer

• 1969 » Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)
• 1986 » David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)
• 1986 » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1988 » Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
• 1989 » Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

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 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H₂S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
• March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• May 21 » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
• November 15 » A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

The temperature on December 22, 1979 was between -3.2 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.