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• Saskia Wielenga, Rijswijk

• Augusta Geelen (84), St Truiden
• Adriana Antonia de BRUIJN (90), Bergen Op Zoom
• Adrianus Marinus Malee (65), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Manders 11ACI (63), Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus (Adrie) Lobé (70), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Simons (64), Antwerpen, België
• Agnes Ellen Buckley (91)
• Adriaan Wink (85), Kruiningen
• Alphonsus Gerardus Van den Meerschaut (74), Gent
• Albert Silveer Gheyselen (80), Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1977 » Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1978 » Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Jon Rauch, American baseball player
• 1978 » Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist († 2012)
• 1979 » Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1979 » Jon Garland, American baseball player
• 1979 » Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
• 1979 » Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
• 1980 » Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
• 1980 » Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1972 » S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
• 1979 » Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1981 » Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
• 1985 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)

• 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.
• March 28 » A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
• July 16 » Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
• October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
• October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
• November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.

The temperature on September 27, 1979 was between 4.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.