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Born on Wednesday February 14, 1979
- Richard M Todd ****, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
- Mirjam Overbeek, Winschoten
- Clayton Gregory Bear, Indiana († 2010)
- Jason Dirk van Zee, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, VS († 2014)
Died on Wednesday February 14, 1979
- Clare Maxwell French (67), Tasmania, Australia
- Arlene Margaret PYSE (61), Alameda County, California
- Anna Catharina Maria van Velzen (90), Gouda
- Coralie Marie de Boeije (87), Westdorpe,, Zeeland, Nederland
- Cornelis Mol (78), St. Philipsland
- Adriana Maria Vereyken (93)
- Charles Eugene Ford (70), Mansfield, De Soto, Louisiana, United States of America
- Agatha Mensine Beumée (86), Velp
- Cornelia van Welie (86), Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
- Albertus Hendrik Huisken (60), Stede Broec
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 14, 1979 at Delpher
Born on February 14
- 1977 » Anna Erschler, Russian mathematician
- 1977 » Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
- 1977 » Darren Purse, English footballer
- 1977 » Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer († 2007)
- 1977 » Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor
- 1977 » Robert J. Jackson Jr., American law professor
- 1978 » Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- 1978 » Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
- 1980 » Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer
- 1980 » Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
Died on February 14
- 1969 » Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)
- 1970 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
- 1974 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
- 1975 » Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
- 1975 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)
- 1979 » Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
- 1983 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
- 1986 » Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
- 1987 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
- 1988 » Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (b. 1901)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1979
- 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.
- May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
- July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
- September 29 » The dictator Francisco Macias of Equatorial Guinea is shot by soldiers from Western Sahara.
Weather February 14, 1979
The temperature on February 14, 1979 was between -6.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.