About the day » Monday April 16, 1979Calender converter

• Barry Bak, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Babette Gertrude Wilhelmina (Babette) Godec, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Chantal van Mierlo

• Aldegonda Huberdina Nabben (85), Horst
• Elizabeth Margaritha Heideveld (75)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Johannes Böger (70), Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid Holland
• Arie Meijers (50), De Meern, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Overzet (78), -
• Augusta Sticker (88)
• Anna Veenstra (85)
• Dirk Bijl (78), 's-Gravenhage
• ( 7 ) Marguerite Marie VALLEY (79), Montbéliard, 25200, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Albertus Wilhelmus Johannes (Ab) Böger (70), Begraafplaats Overschie, Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid Holland

• 1976 » Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
• 1976 » Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
• 1977 » Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
• 1979 » Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver
• 1979 » Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 » Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
• 1981 » Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
• 1981 » Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player
• 1981 » Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1982 » Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress

• 1970 » Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1973 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)
• 1988 » Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (b. 1954)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Mark
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Richard
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Erik
15. Bart
16. Gerrit

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.
• February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• March 5 » Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
• April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
• July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
• July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The temperature on April 16, 1979 was between 4.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.