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• Matthew Rysdam († 2024)
• Rahayu Irma van Lier († 1996)

• Arij Jansen (55), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Haren (79), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Deklerk (89), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Ancel Howell Stubbins (76), Palm Beach, Florida, United States
• Dina Wolthuis (94)
• Basil T. Harms, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Antonius Vosters (88), Nieuwerkerken ( België)
• Alexander Karim baron van Boetzelaer (0), Londen,Greater London,England
• Alfons NEEFS (69), Leuven Belgie
• Arnoldus Josephus Wickenhagen (76), Amsterdam

• 1977 » Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
• 1977 » Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1978 » Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
• 1978 » Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1979 » Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
• 1979 » Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
• 1979 » Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer
• 1980 » Todd Dunivant, American soccer player

• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Savitri, Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (b. 1936)
• 1981 » Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)

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 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
• January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
• September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
• October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• November 10 » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

The temperature on December 26, 1979 was between -1.0 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.