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• Adrian Pohl, Badu, Togo
• Mirjam Carine Koekoek, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Benedict Columbis Sachs (87)
• Clarice Lenora Larson (66), Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaantje VINGERLING (73), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Abraham Boutkan (65), Den Helder
• Bouwina Wieringa (76), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Paling (70), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Adriaan Boerdonk (72), Breda, NB, Nederland
• Albertdina Grietje Meeuwes (71), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis van Arkel (64), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Rovers (74), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1978 » Ethan Embry, American actor
• 1979 » Esther Anderson, Australian actress
• 1979 » Miguel Pate, American long jumper
• 1979 » Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
• 1979 » Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 » Darius Vassell, English footballer
• 1980 » Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer († 2012)
• 1980 » Florent Malouda, French footballer
• 1980 » Jamario Moon, American basketball player
• 1980 » Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player

• 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
• 1979 » Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
• 1980 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
• 1981 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (b. 1896)
• 1984 » António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1986 » Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (b. 1907)

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 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
• December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
• December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

The temperature on June 13, 1979 was between 11.4 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.