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• Maarten Johannes Goutier, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henriette Gerlinda Zijlstra, Steenwijk († 1981)
• Sebastian Gaby van Rooij, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Petrus Siertsema, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Dennis HouwaarD, Leiden († 1998)
• michel hubertus jacobus (michel) peeters, helden-panningen
• Sophie GUTTINGER, Paris,75000,Paris,Île-de-France,FRANCE († 1996)

• Aaldert Jan van der Weerd (69), Wageningen
• Adrianus Franciscus Antonius Waegemaker (66), Vught
• Annie Nievelstein (50), Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf
• Alfred Paul WISE (82), Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia
• Dina Nouse (84), Gouda
• Clary Koppenol (56)
• Cerules Marie Francies Krieckaert (81), Antwerpen (België)
• cyriel krieckaert (81), antwerpen
• Adriana Geertruida Timmermans (81), Vught
• Abraham Pieter Diermanse (92), Oost Souburg

• 1976 » Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
• 1976 » Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 » Calvin Booth, American basketball player
• 1976 » Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1976 » Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1977 » Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 » James Carter, American hurdler
• 1978 » Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1978 » Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
• 1979 » Katie Douglas, American basketball player

• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)

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 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
• March 26 » Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
• May 30 » Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
• October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 3 » In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

The temperature on May 7, 1979 was between -0.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.