7 mei 1979 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 126e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Jimmy Carter.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 47 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 7 mei 2026, 51 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 7 mei 2027, in 313 dagen. Je hebt 17.218 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 413.252 uur, of ongeveer 24.795.168 minuten, of ongeveer 1.487.710.080 seconden.
Date: 08 May 1979
West German correspondent Mathais Scharler (Westdeutsche Allgemeine) says he was assaulted and robbed of about $900 after entering taxi outside central Moscow's Intourist Hotel (S)
Date: 07 May 1979
news division establishes fellowship program at Columbia University in memory of late senior producer David W Jayne 3d (S)
Date: 07 May 1979
J. GARDNER CROWELLMARSHALL D. SHULMANEDWARD F. KUNINDAVID V. BECKER, M.D.HERBERT B. LARNERSTANLEY I. STUBERJOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
J. CROWELLMARSHALL
Edward F Kunin lr holds Supreme Court's judgment in case of Col Anthony Herbert was disaster and portends outcome of prior-restraint case being fought by Progressive magazine; holds Court will decide to limit freedom in order to protect it
Date: 07 May 1979
Lou Calvano wins Long Island Marathon (S)
Date: 07 May 1979
Prakash Koirala, leader of banned Congress Party and son of former Prime Min B P Koirala, accuses police of killing some 25 people in 10 days of demonstrations against King Birendra; says hundreds of party supporters have been arrested; warns situation is worsening (S)
Date: 08 May 1979
Israeli newspaper reports that about half of convicted Arab terrorists traded March 14 for Israeli Army reservist were gunmen serving life sentences (S)
Date: 08 May 1979
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
analysis of increased fighting in Western Sahara; Moroccan King Hassan's adviser interprets stepped-up Polisario Front attacks as sign that 'hawks' have gained upper hand in Algeria; increased conflict has lead to serious talk of war between Algeria and Morocco (M)
Date: 08 May 1979
Ontario Securities Commissions says it has no objections to resumption of trading in Brascan Ltd shares on Toronto Stock Exchange (S)