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Born on Wednesday February 28, 1979
- Joost Lambertus van Rooij, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Sydney Brooke Lancaster, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina († 1992)
- Joost Lambert van Rooij, Aalsmeer
- Arno de Groot († 1979)
Died on Wednesday February 28, 1979
- Amanda Marge Popp (87), Leon Co., Florida
- Arthur Emerick Vansteelant (59), Tielt,8700,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Catharina Margaretha Dorrepaal (70), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Bernardus Antonius Linnenbank (72), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Antonia Johanna Franken (88)
- Anna Maria Leonia Vanbosch (71), Geel, 2440, België
- Bartha Riphangen (59), Epe
- Catherine Felton (93), De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
- Adriana Cornelia Middelkoop (76), Gorinchem
- Aaltje Klaassen (85), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 28, 1979 at Delpher
Born on February 28
- 1978 » Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier
- 1978 » Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
- 1978 » Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1978 » Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player
- 1979 » Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
- 1979 » Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
- 1979 » Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver
- 1980 » Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
- 1980 » Lucian Bute, Romanian-Canadian boxer
- 1980 » Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
Died on February 28
- 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
- 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
- 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
- 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
- 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
- 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
- 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
- 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)
- 1991 » Wassily Hoeffding, Finnish-American statistician and theorist (b. 1914)
- 1993 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
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.
- February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
- March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
- June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
- September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
- October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- November 19 » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
Weather February 28, 1979
The temperature on February 28, 1979 was between -1.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.