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• Elwin Jacous Petronella Op den Camp, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Lilian Timmers († 2003)
• Elwin op den Camp († 2006)
• Jean-François GERKENS
• Dennis Rompelaar († 2006)

• Anna Petronella Schrijvershof (59), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Hoekstra (83), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerardus Maria (Ben) van Houten (34), Heemstede
• Antje Hoekstra (83), Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Leendert Van Geest (58)
• Arie Cornelisz van der Plas (72), Katwijk
• Antje Johannes de Vries (78), Twijzelerheide
• Arie van der Plas (72), Katwijk
• Derk Meppelink (69), Emmen
• Bouktje Jans Mulder (80), Gaarkeuken, Grijpskerk

• 1978 » Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
• 1978 » Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » Luis García, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
• 1979 » Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
• 1979 » Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
• 1980 » Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 » Nina Dübbers, German tennis player

• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)

• 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 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H₂S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
• May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
• October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
• November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
• November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
• December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

The temperature on June 24, 1979 was between 11.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.