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• Leon Anthony Lambert, Bury, Lancashire, England († 2005)
• Natasja Wilbrink, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Willem S. van de Belt († 2003)
• Martine Ruth (Martine) Lantink, Delft, Nederland († 2015)
• Alexander Karim baron van Boetzelaer, Londen,Greater London,England († 1979)

• Adrianus Bekker (79), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bouke Veenstra (58)
• August Bürmann (84), Amsterdam
• anna greijn (93), bakel
• Aaron carver (79), Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Cornelia Karolina Johanna Duijsent (87), Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen), Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha van Puyenbroek (86)
• Berendina Maria Johannesen Westerbeek (90), Zevenaar
• Antje Zonneveld (90), Castricum
• Antje Zonneveld (90), Castricum

• 1978 » Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
• 1978 » Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer
• 1978 » Ian Somerhalder, American actor
• 1978 » John Oster, English-Welsh footballer
• 1978 » Vernon Wells, American baseball player
• 1979 » Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
• 1979 » Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player
• 1979 » Ingrid Michaelson, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1979 » Johan Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1979 » Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer

• 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
• 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Haim Laskov, Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1984 » Luther Adler, American actor (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.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
• November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
• December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.

The temperature on December 8, 1979 was between 8.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.