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• Machteld Lintermans
• Marie, Helene Helsloot, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (USA) († 1979)
• Eric Westerbeke, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, VS († 1979)
• Marie Helene Helsloot, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (Verenigde Staten) († 1979)
• Jeremy Christopher Matthijsse
• Sarah Joy Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, VS († 2021)

• Cornelia Baars (81)
• Calvin Emmet Eiler (76), South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Reintjens (84), Goch (Deu)
• Aaltje Ridderinkhof (82), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Pieternella Crezee (63)
• Alphonse Pierre Antoine LETERME (77), Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• Agatha Johanna Henrietta Maria Muijselaar (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelis Wit (87), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Pieternella Crezee (63)
• Aurelia Machado (79), Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1977 » Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
• 1977 » Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician († 2017)
• 1977 » Onur Saylak, Turkish actor, filmmaker and director
• 1978 » Aaron Abrams, Canadian actor
• 1978 » Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer
• 1978 » Jason Biggs, American actor and comedian
• 1978 » Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer
• 1979 » Aaron Yoo, American actor
• 1979 » Adrian Serioux,Canadian soccer player
• 1980 » Keith Bogans, American basketball player

• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)

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. Nathalie

• 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 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
• April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
• December 12 » The 8.2 M_w  Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
• December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The temperature on May 12, 1979 was between 7.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.