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• Janet Voorheijen, Alkmaar († 2019)
• Stephan Voskamp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Bianca Sloeserwij († 1979)
• Marielle Francisco da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 2018)

• Bernardus Hermanus Hemmer (71), Geesteren
• Adrianus Alphonses Henricus Zwaans (67)
• Catharina Johanna Bouwman (73), Haarlem
• Abraham Hoogerbrugge (85), Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Eijlander (93), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)
• Abraham Hoogerbrugge (84), Zaandam
• Cornelis Philippus van Asselt (89), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Arends de Vries (90), Ureterp
• Apolonia Cornelia de Groot (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Philippus (Neal) van Asselt (89), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Björn Dreyer, German footballer
• 1977 » Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator
• 1977 » Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
• 1978 » Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler and manager
• 1979 » Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
• 1979 » Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist († 2018)
• 1979 » Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer
• 1979 » Sidney Govou, French footballer
• 1980 » Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
• 1980 » Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player

• 1971 » Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician († 1926)
• 1978 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)
• 1981 » William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1984 » James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
• 1987 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903)

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 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• May 21 » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
• July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
• September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
• November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

The temperature on July 27, 1979 was between 11.7 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.