About the day » Sunday April 22, 1979Calender converter

• Pauline Martine Juijn, Santpoort, NL († 2017)
• Cory Warden Keigley († 2003)
• Delton Kropf († 1995)
• Dennis Stoot († 2000)
• René Smeman († 1984)

• Mostert Adrianus (64), Maastricht
• Bertus de Groot (92), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Klootwijk (81), Rotterdam-IJsselmonde
• Baukje Klazes Luimstra (92)
• André Rombaut (63), Blankenberge, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anne Thérèse Marie Claire de Martimprey (67), Quantilly, 18189, France
• Adrianus johannes van rijn (81)
• Bernardus Albertus Theissling (59), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Albertus Theissling (59), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Klaustermeier (84)

• 1978 » David Masters, English cricketer
• 1978 » Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
• 1978 » Jason Stollsteimer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Matt Orford, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach
• 1979 » Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager
• 1980 » Clarke Dermody, New Zealand rugby player
• 1980 » Igor Budan, Croatian footballer
• 1980 » Nicolas Douchez, French footballer

• 1978 » Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Jane Froman, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1917)

• 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 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
• April 1 » Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
• November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
• November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

The temperature on April 22, 1979 was between 5.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.