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• Jeffrey Ryan Matthijsse, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Daniel Gilovitz, Melbourne, Vic, Australia († 1979)
• Dennise Renee van Gorkum, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
• Martin Johannes Schaart, Emmen († 1995)
• Thomas Josef Jakob Hamacher († 1979)
• Daniel Peter Owen († 1982)
• Inge KEIJSER, Rijswijk († 1979)
• Inge KEIJSER, Rijswijk († 1979)
• Lubertus Gerrit Jan (Bart) Timmerman, Amersfoort († 2007)

• Aaltje de Graaf (85)
• Alida Johanna Roodenberg (94), Alkmaar
• Adriaan Willemsz Hoogstraten (84), Ter Aar
• Alípio Ferreira Ramos (68), Lapa, Paraná, Brasil
• Aaltje de Graaf (85)
• Adriana Petronella Kivits (74), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Angèle Françoise Marguerite Gustavine Ghislaine DOR (71), Ukkel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België
• Angèle Françoise Mar Ghislaineguerite Gustavine DOR (71), Uccle, 21016, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anna Rozalia Laffeber (55), Rotterdam
• Anna Auguste Gepke Niezen (74), Delfzijl

• 1977 » Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter and comic book writer
• 1978 » Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
• 1978 » Kousei Amano, Japanese actor
• 1978 » Rachel Stevens, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1979 » Jeff Reed, American football player
• 1979 » Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
• 1980 » Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 » Sarah Ayton, English sailor
• 1981 » Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1970 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1976 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)
• 1978 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)
• 1980 » Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
• 1988 » Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)
• 1988 » Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)

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 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

The temperature on April 9, 1979 was between 4.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.