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• Y02 X02, Bruxelles, 1000, Brabant, Belgique
• Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, Édimbourg, Écosse, Grande-Bretagne († 1980)
• loes andrea sophia (loes) van horen, helden-panningen
• Lodewijk Philips Albert Frans Maria de Bourbon-Orléans, Edinburgh († 1980)
• Ludwig Philipp Louis Philippe, Edinburgh († 1980)

• André Verslype (63), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Alaide Werneck Garcez (73), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Michiels (84), Doetinchem, Achterhoek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalderikus Mattheus Baalman (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Groeneveld (76), Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alice Buikema (88), Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alice BUIKEMA (88), Clinton Iowa U.S.A
• Auguste Johanne MARIE FILTER (77)
• Anna Antonia Henriëtte Maria Michels - (82), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Groeneveld (76), Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1977 » Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress
• 1977 » Dan LaCouture, American ice hockey player
• 1979 » Anthony Davidson, English racing driver
• 1979 » Ethan Cohn, American actor
• 1979 » Kourtney Kardashian, American model and businesswoman
• 1979 » Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player
• 1979 » Michael Bradley, American basketball player and coach
• 1980 » Justin Levens, American mixed martial artist († 2008)
• 1980 » Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer and manager
• 1981 » Brian Buscher, American baseball player

• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)
• 1995 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973)

• 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 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
• March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
• May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
• August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
• October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
• December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

The temperature on April 18, 1979 was between 1.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.