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• Marijn Tax († 1982)
• Paul Josephus Maria van Loon († 2010)
• Ruben Gregor Hess († 2012)
• Franciscus Henricus Hessels, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Marieke de Vries († 2019)
• Marijtje Marretje de Vries († 2019)
• janneke verber, maasbree
• Johanna Clazina Maria Overbeek, Hoorn, Nederland

• Catharina Johanna Geertruda de Bruin (54), Venray
• Douwe Beimin (86), Koudum
• Albert van Greven (54)
• Anna van Dalen (89), Tilburg
• Cornelia van Loon (42), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth van der Most (82)
• Ethel Agnes Irby (84), Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois, United States
• Antonius Kuit (71), Amsterdam
• Aiko Vegter (62), Ten Boer
• Franciscus Burghout (75), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1976 » Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 » Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
• 1978 » Jake Johnson, American actor
• 1979 » Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 († 2001)
• 1979 » Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
• 1980 » Lucy Shuker, English tennis player
• 1980 » Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1981 » Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player

• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)

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 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.
• June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
• September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
• October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.

The temperature on May 28, 1979 was between 7.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.