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• Bart Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Willemijn Schotte, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Tamara van Maris († 1979)
• Dennis de Wildt, Nijmegen († 2010)

• Auke Hogeterp (69), Heeg, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Desideer De Blander (63), Aalst
• Célestin Jules Parlebas (87), Châteauroux, 36044, France
• Arigje Stuy (71), Meerkerk
• Aaltje van Strieland (83)
• Auke Hogeterp (69), Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• CAROLUS LUDOVICUS KERCKHOFS ook genaamd Karel (72), HERSELT
• Catharina Elisabeth Hubertina Evertz (84), Susteren
• Anna Maria Koijen (64), Zundert
• Aart Lourens Leendert van den Haspel (64), Rotterdam

• 1976 » Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 » Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• 1976 » Scott Elarton, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• 1978 » Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player († 2003)
• 1978 » Residente, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
• 1981 » Charles Tillman, American football player
• 1981 » Gareth Barry, English footballer
• 1981 » Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)

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. Erik
14. Paul
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 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• May 21 » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
• June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
• October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

The temperature on February 23, 1979 was between -0.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.