About the day » Sunday May 6, 1979Calender converter

• Tanja Meems, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Tanja Meems, Mussel Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 2005)

• Aubrey Wayne Potter (32), Hillsborough Co., Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Alida den Braver (78)
• Bonaventure Raymaekers (70), Kuringen, België
• Adrianus Klaver (82), Uitgeest
• Carolina Colijn (82), Leiden
• Anna Cornelia Boeren (88), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje van der Werff (86), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Ernst Mars (18), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Corban (86), Vaals
• ARIE LANGENBERG (81), DELFT

• 1978 » Alexandr Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
• 1978 » Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
• 1978 » John Abraham, American football player
• 1978 » Tony Estanguet, French slalom canoeist
• 1979 » Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
• 1979 » Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
• 1979 » Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host
• 1980 » Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
• 1980 » Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek professional basketball player
• 1980 » Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

• 1970 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1973 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 » József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1980 » María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 » Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
• 1984 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)
• 1987 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
• 1989 » Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)

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. Erik
14. Paul
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 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
• April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• July 16 » Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• August 27 » The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
• December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The temperature on May 6, 1979 was between -0.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.