About the day » Monday July 16, 1979Calender converter

• Nathan Vanderlaan, Wallaceburg, ON, Canada
• William Samuel Lancaster, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom († 1979)
• Daniël van Tellingen († 2006)
• Angelique Everdina Bernarda Tukkers, Almelo, Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland

• Adelaide Cristina Steinbach (66), Vidal Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Albert Bruggink (82), Voorst
• Anna Geertruida Maria (85), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend EKKERS (63)
• Anna Pietronella Swaneveld (93), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arij Bok (74), Den Helder
• Adriaan Jan Quaak (72), Ijzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthony Bisignano (53), Harrison, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van Ravenzwaaij (78), Weesp
• Aaltje Pruisscher (80), Stadskanaal,9501,Groningen,Nederland

• 1977 » Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 2006)
• 1979 » Chris Mihm, American basketball player
• 1979 » Kim Rhode, American sport shooter
• 1979 » Konstantin Skrylnikov, Russian footballer
• 1979 » Mai Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
• 1979 » Nathan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Adam Scott, Australian golfer
• 1981 » Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer
• 1981 » Robert Kranjec, Slovenian ski jumper
• 1981 » Zach Randolph, American basketball player

• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
• 1985 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1990 » Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (b. 1927)
• 1991 » Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (b. 1915)

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. Nathalie

• 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 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
• April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
• June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
• July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 27 » The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
• November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.

The temperature on July 16, 1979 was between 9.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.