About the day » Tuesday July 17, 1979Calender converter

• Tatjana Volkerts
• Michael Honigh, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Eric Schokker († 2001)
• Vanessa Hendrina Sophis HEIJTING
• Kimberlee TURNER, Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah, United States of America († 2015)

• Albert Van Belle (64), Roeselare
• Anna Theunisdr. Kuipers (80), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Tryphon Jacobs (64), Herk-de-Stad, Limburg, Belgie
• Aalt SCHOLTEN (87)
• Adriana Louisa Cornelia (Naan) Roelands (59), Bergen op Zoom
• Adam Munsterman (83), Leeuwarden
• Catharina Offenberg (53)
• Alle Anskes Schilstra (75), Huizum
• Aaldert Booij (92)
• Antje de Haan (94), Den Oever

• 1977 » Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer
• 1977 » Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 » Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Jason Jennings, American baseball player
• 1978 » Panda Bear, American musician and songwriter
• 1978 » Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1979 » Mike Vogel, American actor
• 1980 » Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player
• 1981 » Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner

• 1967 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
• 1995 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)

• 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 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄₂-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
• May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.

The temperature on July 17, 1979 was between 14.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.