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• Marjoleine Alexandra de Haan, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bendy van de Kaa, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Ettha Spriensma, Oldehove, Nederland († 1993)
• Froukje Jeltje Alkema, Marrum

• "Raymond" Marie Joseph Edouard de Roquefeuil (56), Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France
• Angenieta Engelenberg (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Marie Josephina BODERIE (77), Brunssum (NL/LI)
• Barend Martinus Schilperoort (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Cornelis van der Knijff (81)
• * Arnoldina Neervens (86), Geldrop
• "Johanna Maria" Cornelia Doorakkers (86)
• Anna Maria BAETEN (83), Opglabbeek
• Anna Maria Smulders (71), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony Wilhelmus Dijt (24), Moe, Victoria, Australië

• 1977 » Quincy Lewis, American basketball player
• 1979 » Ryō Fukuda, Japanese race car driver
• 1979 » Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1979 » Walter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
• 1980 » Chris Shelton, American baseball player
• 1980 » Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, Togolese footballer
• 1980 » Jason Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1980 » Michael Jackson, English footballer
• 1980 » Michael Vick, American football player
• 1981 » Natalya Antyukh, Russian sprinter and hurdler

• 1964 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (b. 1895)
• 1990 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 1993 » William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (b. 1929)

• 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.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• November 10 » A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
• December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The temperature on June 26, 1979 was between 10.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.