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• Bram Paulussen, Eindhoven († 2004)
• Dustin Grant Ypma, Bozeman, Gallatin Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Govert Van den Eynde († 2006)
• Remko Hendriks, Emmen († 1979)
• Jasper Christianus Johannus Boers, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joep Gulpers, Heerlen (L († 1995)
• Marloes Lohman († 1994)

• Adrianus Beentjes (93), Heemskerk
• Beatrice Isabel Lusted (90), Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Bardina Maria VAN DIJK (85), Nijmegen
• Adrianus Josephus Marie Koot (79), Noordwijkerhout
• Catharina Wilbrink (85), Groningen, Nederland
• Alfredo Buchmann (66), Santos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Buelah Ellen Moore (78), Sequim, Washington
• Catharina Maria van der Aa- (83), Tilburg, Nederland
• Beatrice Isabel Lusted (90), Katwijk aan de Rijn
• Aaron 'Dexter' Dean (79), Gwinnett County, Georgia

• 1978 » Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete
• 1979 » Iain Balshaw, English rugby player
• 1979 » Kerem Tunçeri, Turkish basketball player
• 1979 » Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer
• 1979 » Noé Pamarot, French footballer
• 1979 » Patrick Somerville, American novelist and short story writer
• 1979 » Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model
• 1979 » Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player
• 1980 » Jeremy Smith, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1980 » Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1968 » Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 » Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
• 1976 » José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1978 » F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
• 1986 » Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (b. 1908)

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.
• January 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
• March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
• July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
• October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.

The temperature on April 14, 1979 was between 7.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.