About the day » Sunday April 22, 1979Calender converter

• Delton Kropf († 1995)
• Cory Warden Keigley († 2003)
• René Smeman († 1984)
• Dennis Stoot († 2000)

• Arie Marinus Hakkert (82), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe), Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertus Verhoef (73), Leerdam
• Bastiaan Klootwijk (81)
• Cornelis (Cees) Sier (69)
• Deraas (76)
• Adrianus Leendert Paans (83), Sleeuwijk
• Mostert Adrianus (64), Maastricht
• Adrian Burghout (85), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Georg Veltkamp (78), Enschede
• Anne Thérèse Marie Claire de Martimprey (67), Quantilly, 18189, France

• 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)

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.
• February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• October 12 » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.
• October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.

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.