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• Jason Michael Gougeon, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Jan Arie Joosse († 1979)
• Berend Grave
• Christel († 1996)
• Mark Van Der Vorst, Horst, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Nederland († 1980)
• Christa Looijen († 2014)

• Anna Maria Horbach (84), Kerkrade
• Allegonda Maria Oomen (69), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van den Broeck (79)
• Catharina Haselager (88), Long Beach, Los Angeles, Verenigde Staten
• Clasina Petronella Johanna Rietbroek (76), Den Haag, Nederland
• Christina Sterenborg (94)
• Allegonda Maria Oomen (69), Heeswijk, Gemeente Cuijk, North Brabant, Niederlande
• Aaltje Teijema (80), Brunsum, Limburg, nederland
• Bertje Ekelmans (88), Wieringerwerf
• Alida Nagtegaal (73), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
• 1978 » Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1978 » Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1978 » Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Lee Mears, English rugby player
• 1979 » Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer
• 1980 » Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
• 1981 » Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Paul Martin, American ice hockey player

• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1980 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
• 1982 » John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)

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. Paul
14. Erik
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.
• 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.
• May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
• October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
• November 10 » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• December 12 » The 8.2 M_w  Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.

The temperature on March 5, 1979 was between -1.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.