About the day » Wednesday May 2, 1979Calender converter

• Gijsberta van Muyden († 1984)
• Erwin Noever, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne-Sophie CAUWE
• Bram Brouwer, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara van Muijden, Lexmond († 1984)

• Cornelis Laan (67), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Durk van Dellen (85), Snakkeburen
• Ankje de Boer (78), Velsen
• Armande Célina Eglantine AUDEON (90), Savenay, 44260, France
• Cornelia Maria Koemans (82), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Stevens (77)
• Eddie David Collett **** (36), Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Langedijk (75), Spanbroek, Nederland
• Broer Wijbenga (79), Goutum
• Cornelia Coolen (78), Roterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1978 » Melvin Ely, American basketball player
• 1978 » Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Defne Joy Foster, Turkish-American actress, presenter and VJ († 2011)
• 1979 » Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 » Artūras Masiulis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 » Ellie Kemper, American actress, comedian and writer
• 1980 » Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
• 1980 » Tim Borowski, German footballer
• 1980 » Zat Knight, English footballer

• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1985 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)

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.
• January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
• March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
• 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).
• November 16 » The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.

The temperature on May 2, 1979 was between 0.1 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 20.4 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.