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Born on Saturday February 3, 1979
- Lieuwke Johannes Houtveen, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1979)
Died on Saturday February 3, 1979
- Anna Huizenga (80), Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
- Anne Petrus van der Molen (82), Leeuwarden
- Abraham "Albert" Lopes Cardozo (69), Amstelveen Municipality, North Holland, Netherlands
- Anna VERHEES (88), Hinsbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Aaltje Sneller (74), Oldebroek, Nederland
- Albertus Hendrik Roos (89)
- Adrianus COUWENBERG (62), s'Hertogenbosch
- Adrianus Couwenberg (62), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Albert Hoffman Jr (70), Barrington, Lake, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Adrianus (Andre) Couwenberg (62), 's-Hertogenbosch
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 3, 1979 at Delpher
Born on February 3
- 1973 » Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
- 1976 » Isla Fisher, Australian actress.
- 1977 » Daddy Yankee, American-Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
- 1977 » Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
- 1978 » Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
- 1979 » Paul Franks, English cricketer and coach
- 1982 » Becky Bayless, American wrestler
- 1982 » Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
- 1984 » Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos
- 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
Died on February 3
- 1967 » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 1969 » C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)
- 1969 » Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
- 1975 » Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
- 1975 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
- 1985 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
- 1989 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 1989 » Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
- 1991 » Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1993 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Richard
- Michael
- Pieter
- Paul
- Erik
- Gerrit
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Petra
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 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
- March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
- May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
- June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
- October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
Weather February 3, 1979
The temperature on February 3, 1979 was between -0.3 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.