August 6th (1979) was a Monday. It's the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on August 6 in 1979
» Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
» Jaime Correa (footballer) named Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
» Jonathan Glanfield, English sailor
» Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
» Travis Reed, American basketball player
August 6th Famous Deaths for 1979
» Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
August 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus
» Justus and Pastor
» August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
» Public holidays in Bolivia known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
» Public holidays in Jamaica called Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.