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• Brent Daniel Lukaart († 1979)
• Suzanne Verhoeven
• Mark Jan Hendrik Mink († 2005)
• Dusty Dee Boeskool († 1979)
• Rik de Wolf

• Augustinus Antonius Maria Vos (74), Nederhorst den Berg
• Daniel van Moorselaar (79), Sluiskil, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Strobbe (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Sigismund" Alexander Leopold Corsitz Otto Tiburtius Korsinus Berchtold (79), Wien, Autriche
• Dina Maria Johanna (Dina) Schunterman (89), Vught, Nederland
• Donald Henry Smit (41), Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
• Auke Hans Frankena (59), Leeuwarden (FRL)
• Antonius Gijsbertus van den Bos (67), Uithoorn
• Derk Antoon Westhof (72), Dieren
• Egbertus Carels Plet (87), Upland California (USA)

• 1977 » Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
• 1978 » Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Ieva Zunda, Latvian runner and hurdler
• 1978 » Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Will Solomon, American basketball player
• 1979 » Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » David Ortega, Spanish swimmer
• 1979 » Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer († 2004)
• 1980 » Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model, fashionista, and businesswoman
• 1980 » Tesfaye Bramble, English-Montserratian footballer

• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)
• 1973 » Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
• 1973 » Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 1974 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)
• 1980 » Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Frank Reynolds, American soldier and journalist (b. 1923)

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. Erik
14. Paul
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 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
• September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
• November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
• December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The temperature on July 20, 1979 was between 13.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.