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May 14, 1979Born on Tuesday May 15, 1979
- Leonardus Johannes Antoon Gomes, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
- Doménique Nijsten, Bunde
- Kevin Matthew Stob
- Sander Boer, Ijsselstein († 1982)
- Leonardus Johannes Antoon Gomes, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1980)
Died on Tuesday May 15, 1979
- Cornelia Keij (79), Gilze en Rijen
- Cecil Naber (61), ........
- Cornelius Jacobus Braks (81), Middelaar,Mook en Middelaar
- Arend Smid (56), Koudum, NL-FR
- Arthur William Smith (72), Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Adriana Johanna Martina Fukken (73)
- Anna Tuin (62)
- Catharina Hubertina Keij (79), Breda
- Cornelis Jacobus van den Berg (73), Noordwijkerhout
- Dirk man (81), Beemster
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 15, 1979 at Delpher
Born on May 15
- 1978 » Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
- 1978 » David Krumholtz, American actor
- 1978 » Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
- 1978 » Edu, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 » Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
- 1979 » Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 » Daniel Caines, English sprinter
- 1979 » Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
- 1979 » Robert Royal, American football player
- 1979 » Ryan Max Riley, American skier
Died on May 15
- 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
- 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
- 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
- 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
- 1985 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
- 1986 » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- 1986 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
- 1989 » Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Johannes
- Jan
- Peter
- Cornelis
- Willem
- David
- Pieter
- Michael
- Jeroen
- Hendrik
- Robert
- Martijn
- Paul
- Mark
- Richard
- John
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Ann
- Elizabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Marieke
- Anne
- Kim
- Lynn
- Wendy
- Catharina
- Linda
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1979
- 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 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
- 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.
- March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
- March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
- May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
The weather on Tuesday May 15, 1979
The temperature on May 15, 1979 was between 10.2 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI