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• Billy Jack Chadwell, Madison, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Nicole Hilda Annechien Berends, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)

• Aaltjen Koobs (84), Oud-Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dirk Boon (85), Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Lekkerkerker (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Dirkje de Boer (91)
• Evalena Johanna van Hemert (56), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Cornelis Pieter Schaatsenberg (68), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Engelbertus Robert Jacobus de Roo (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Elizabeth Maria Suijker (75), , Victoria, BC, Canada
• Elizabeth van der Veen (75)
• Emiel Hendrik Sillis (79), Duffel

• 1978 » Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1978 » Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1978 » Ed Reed, American football player
• 1979 » David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
• 1979 » Eric Abidal, French footballer
• 1979 » Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 » Leon Cort, English footballer
• 1979 » Steve Hofstetter, American comedian, journalist, and author
• 1980 » Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian journalist and publisher
• 1980 » Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1973 » Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1978 » Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)
• 1982 » Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (b. 1914)
• 1984 » Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1985 » William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1905)

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. 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.
• April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• 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.
• October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
• December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

The temperature on September 11, 1979 was between 12.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.