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6 August 1979 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 August 1979 was a Monday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1979
- The Irish chart song for 1979 was “The Logical Song” by Supertramp.
- Top Film of 1979
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1979 was Moonraker.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 6 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 August 1979 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 August 1979 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 6 August
- 1965 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1986 A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1990 Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- 1991 Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Famous people born on 6 August
- M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (1928–1987)
- Vera Farmiga, American actress (born 1973)
- Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (1911–1989)
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Events of 1979 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1979 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 4 March – Legendary hurler Christy Ring was buried in Cork.
- 31 May – The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Pádraig Faulkner, launched a second national radio station, RTÉ Radio 2.
- 7 June – The first European Parliament election was held in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Life in Ireland in 1979
Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
Petrol (per litre)
£0.85/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.25
Average House
£20,000
Weekly Wage
£43
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