What are the important events that happened on March 4, 1979? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 4, 1979: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 4, 1979 is the 63rd day of the year 1979 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 19, 1979 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 80,376 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontatrigon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Penny every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $153.97. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Sheep is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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Who were born on March 4, 1979?
- 1979 –Ariel Carreño, Argentine football striker
- 1979 –Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
- 1979 –Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer
- 1979 –Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis)
- 1979 –Karima Delli, French politician
- 1979 –Mark Anthony Parrish, American actor, producer, and social and liberal political activist
- 1979 –Neil Best, Irish rugby union footballer
- 1979 –Paul Terry, English footballer
- 1979 –Sarah Stock, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1979 –Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian football goalkeeper
Who died on March 4, 1979?
- 1979 –Gladys McConnell, American movie actress and aviatrix (b. 1905)
- 1979 –Harry Hopkinson, British yodeler (b. 1902)
- 1979 –Mike Patto, (Michael Thomas McCarthy), English vocalist and front man for The Bow Street Runners (b. 1942)
- 1979 –Robert John Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve, British businessman and public servant (b. 1893)
- 1979 –Willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926)
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