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March 20, 1979Born on Wednesday March 21, 1979
- Kent Rodney Bakker, Benowa, Australië († 2010)
- Helga Coenen
- Ryan David Suwyn, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
Died on Wednesday March 21, 1979
- Adam Meindert Hendrik Lindeboom (71), Olst, Overijssel, The Netherlands
- Albert Quartel (73), Flin Flon, Man, Canada
- Adrianus Klaver (74), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Christina Davelaar (88)
- Benjamin Eilders (78), Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
- Bertha Josephine Everaert (76), Dendermonde
- Anna Maria Schrooten (86), Genk, Provincie Limburg, België
- Angelo Quaglino (67), Chalmette, Saint Bernard, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
- Ariaantje van der Plas (95), Katwijk
- Cornelia Maria Koedooder (89), 't Veld, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 21, 1979 at Delpher
Born on March 21
- 1977 » Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer
- 1978 » Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist († 2007)
- 1978 » Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 » Joyce Jimenez, Filipino movie and TV actress
- 1978 » Mohammad Rezaei, Iranian wrestler
- 1978 » Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner
- 1980 » Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1980 » Lee Jin, South Korean singer and actress
- 1980 » Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian skier
- 1980 » Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
Died on March 21
- 1970 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
- 1975 » Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
- 1978 » Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland (b. 1911)
- 1980 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
- 1985 » Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
- 1987 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
- 1987 » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)
- 1991 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
- 1991 » Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)
- 1992 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
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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.
- January 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
- 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 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
- November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
- December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Weather March 21, 1979
The temperature on March 21, 1979 was between 1.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.