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July 3, 1979Born on Wednesday July 4, 1979
- Adriana Johanna Maria Bruin, Waarland, Gem. Harenkarspel
- Esther Heerlien, Gouda († 2012)
- Patricia HUIBERTS, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1979)
- Dirk Jan Tijssen, Ruurlo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1991)
- levenloos geboren kind († 1979)
Died on Wednesday July 4, 1979
- Fokje Jacobs Tymersma (79), Hardegarijp, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Arnoldus P.C. Bluekens (57), Soesterberg
- Ethelwyn Marguerite Ward (81), Cooranbong NSW Australia
- Artje BAMBACHT (86), Gorinchem
- Dirk Timmerman (63)
- Aafje SCHOKKER (79), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alexander Laidler Nelson (83), Victoria, Australia
- Couzijn Berend Hijmissen (55), Harderwijk
- Douwe Reitsma (84), Heerenveen
- Cornelia Johanna van der Harst (24), Scheveningen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 4, 1979 at Delpher
Born on July 4
- 1978 » Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
- 1978 » Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player
- 1979 » Josh McCown, American football player
- 1979 » Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer
- 1979 » Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician
- 1980 » Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer
- 1981 » Brock Berlin, American football player
- 1981 » Christoph Preuß, German footballer
- 1981 » Dedé, Angolan footballer
- 1981 » Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
Died on July 4
- 1974 » André Randall, French actor (b. 1892)
- 1974 » Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
- 1976 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
- 1976 » Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
- 1977 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
- 1979 » Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
- 1980 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
- 1984 » Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
- 1986 » Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
- 1986 » Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
Names that were popular for boys in 1979
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Martijn
- Mark
- David
- Dennis
- Robert
- Richard
- Michael
- Pieter
- Paul
- Erik
- Gerrit
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1979
- Maria
- Wendy
- Marieke
- Anna
- Kim
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Linda
- Vanessa
- Judith
- Monique
- Esther
- Jessica
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Petra
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1979
- 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.
- 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.
- July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
- September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
- November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
Weather July 4, 1979
The temperature on July 4, 1979 was between 9.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.