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Died on Tuesday November 6, 1979
- Alberdina Schotkamp (79)
- Leunen Casimir Leon (67), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
- Anna Maria Petronella Vermaat (68), Rotterdam
- Ann Westerhoff (76), Summit, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Charlotte Bonwell McAfee (83), Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois
- Cornelis Bakker * (70)
- Christina Francisca Jacoba Viguurs (76), Den Bosch
- Cornelia van Deutekom (77)
- Bertus Pees (65), Haren
- Albert Hinzen (83), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 6, 1979 at Delpher
Born on November 6
- 1974 » Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist († 2009)
- 1978 » Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
- 1978 » Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
- 1979 » Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
- 1979 » Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 » Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
- 1981 » Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
- 1983 » Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
- 1984 » Ricky Romero, American baseball player
Died on November 6
- 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
- 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
- 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
- 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
- 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
- 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
- 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
- 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
- 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
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.
- February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
- April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
- July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
- July 11 » America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
- October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
- December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).
Weather November 6, 1979
The temperature on November 6, 1979 was between 2.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.