About the day » Tuesday April 17, 1979Calender converter

• Christel Dewaelsche († 1979)
• Sara Marie Hetterman, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Sander-paul Lichtendonk († 2003)
• Roelof Piersma, Winschoten
• Amy Marie Ueding, Nebraska († 1995)

• Etta Elizabeth Wesley Ashley [Wk*-sWks] (83), Hamilton County, Ohio
• Engvald Alfred Jule Geving (76)
• Aletta Henrietta Voskuil (95), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Elmer Gladstone Dowie Johnston (75), Benito, Durban, Manitoba, Canada
• Aaltje Geerligs (53), Grijpskerk
• Catharina Petronella van de Lockant (83), Boxmeer
• Alfred James Gschwind (72), La Crosse, Wisconsin, V.S
• Alexander Antonius van Batenburg (49)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Johanna van Lith (77), Haarlem
• Antje Strijbosch (79)

• 1977 » Chad Hedrick, American speed skater
• 1977 » Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist, and pianist
• 1978 » Jason White, Scottish rugby player
• 1978 » Lindsay Hartley, American actress
• 1978 » Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, German skier
• 1979 » Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Marija Šestak, Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper
• 1980 » Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer, boxer, and manager
• 1980 » Fabián Vargas, Colombian footballer
• 1981 » Jenny Meadows, English runner

• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)
• 1984 » Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936)

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.
• 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.
• September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
• December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

The temperature on April 17, 1979 was between 4.1 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.