October 6th (1979) was a Saturday. It's the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th October, 1979
» Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Famous Birthdays on October 6 in 1979
» David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
» Richard Seymour, American football player
» Lex Shrapnel, English actor
» Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
October 6th Famous Deaths for 1979
» Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (b. 1911)
October 6th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Montenegro or Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
» Bruno of Cologne
» St Faith or Faith
» Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
» Pardulphus
» Sagar of Laodicea
» William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Miles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Turkmenistan named Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia named Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
» German-American Day (United States)
» Public holidays in Hungary named Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
» Yom Kippur War commemoration, and its related observance:
» Armed Forces Day Egypt named Armed Forces Day (Egypt)