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• N.n. Kramer († 1979)
• Barbara Velthuizen, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elles Bond († 2022)
• Klaas Jan Schipstra, Leeuwarden, fr.nld († 1979)

• Adriana Cornelia de Roode (87), Egmond Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Gerardina (Riek) Stam (85), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje van Rijn (85), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Bakker (74)
• Arendje van Rijn (85), Katwijk
• Adriaan Wesdorp (86), Stavenisse
• Anna van Zelm (49), Utrecht
• Anna Christina Peterson (82), East Bethel, MN
• Anna Maria Hunnekens (66), Venlo
• Adriana Terra (84), 't Veld, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 » Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1978 » Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
• 1978 » Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer († 2009)
• 1978 » Etan Thomas, American basketball player
• 1978 » Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
• 1979 » Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
• 1980 » Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
• 1980 » Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
• 1980 » Randy Orton, American wrestler

• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1991 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)

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.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
• November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
• November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
• December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.

The temperature on April 1, 1979 was between 5.0 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.