8 май 1979 г. беше вторник под звездния знак на ♉. Беше 127 ден от годината. Президент на Съединените щати беше Jimmy Carter.
Ако сте родени на този ден, вие сте на 47 години. Последният ви рожден ден беше на петък, 8 май 2026 г., преди 54 дни. Следващият ви рожден ден е на събота, 8 май 2027 г., след 310 дни. Живял си за 17 221 дни, или около 413 317 часа, или около 24 799 077 минути, или около 1 487 944 620 секунди.
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: 09 May 1979
By ALJEAN HARMETZ Special to The New York Times
Aljean Special
ABC-TV vice pres Marvin Mord predicts that World News Tonight will become No. 1 news program, meeting with executives of affilate stations, Los Angeles (M)
Date: 09 May 1979
Nicaraguan Human Rights Commission charges that National Guardsmen killed 43 youths in Leon in Apr; report comes amid arrests of people opposed to Pres Anastasio Somoza and calls for strikes to end his family's rule; opposition leader Vilma Nunez de Escorcia, Conservative Party lawyer and former judge, is arrested on charges of having sheltered guerrillas (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: 09 May 1979
By CAROL LAWSON
Carol LAWSON
Tragedies/A Comedy (Play): Dick Van Dyke, who will star in play, int; por (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)