About the day » Thursday December 6, 1979Calender converter

• Bart Baeten, Leut († 2016)
• Robert Pouw († 1979)
• Nico Baertsoen
• levenloos geboren kind († 1979)
• Linda van der Valk, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)

• Dirkje Bogerd (70), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Smeets (85), Urmond
• Cindy Van Dijck (0), Lier
• Egbertus Henricus Ulijn (66), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Emma Henry (59), Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Thomas Josephus Herijgers (75), Tegelen, Nederland
• Claude Harold Quickel (80), Decatur Macon Illinois (USA)
• Annechien Bakker (71), Groningen
• Anthonia Kaspers (85), Amsterdam
• Catharina Maria Gerretsen (90), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1977 » Kevin Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
• 1978 » Chris Başak, American baseball player
• 1978 » Darrell Jackson, American football player
• 1978 » Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player
• 1979 » Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
• 1980 » Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer
• 1980 » Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach († 2014)
• 1980 » Steve Lovell, English footballer

• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)

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. Nathalie

• 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.
• April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
• April 6 » Student protests break out in Nepal.
• April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
• July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• November 19 » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

The average temperature on December 6, 1979 was 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.