About the day » Monday October 1, 1979Calender converter

• Vanessa Ann Spieker († 1979)
• Umut Bulut
• Christina Marie NN († 2024)
• José Antonio Boluda Blanco († 2002)
• Woutera van Wijk, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Patrick Hofstee, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)
• Simone Woutera van Wijk, Eindhoven
• Hans Cornelis Somers, Berghem, Limburg, Nederland

• Arie Pauw (89), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartha Mulstege (88), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Hart (67), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartha Mulstege (88), Enschede, verpeeghuis "de Cromhoff"
• Anna Elizabeth Nielson (92), Norwalk Mem. Home, Norwalk, Huron Co., OH
• Cornelia van Eck (80), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Camiel Achiel Sabbe (66), Brugge
• Adelinus Theodorus HAYETTE (71), Sloterdorp,,PAYS BAS
• Andrew Julian Clinkscales (74), Smith County, Texas, United States of America
• Ann Eugenie RANGER (90), Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex

• 1978 » Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1978 » Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 » Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 » Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 » Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 » Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 » Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
• 1980 » Sarah Drew, American actress

• 1970 » Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)

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.
• 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.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
• June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
• November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

The temperature on October 1, 1979 was between 5.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.