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January

* January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for th ...
heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''
Music for UNICEF Concert The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the b ...
'' fund, among them
ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group' ...
, who write the song ''
Chiquitita "Chiquitita" (a Spanish term of endearment for a woman meaning "little one") is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in January 1979 as the first single from the group's sixth album, '' Voulez-Vous'' (1979). Agnetha Fälts ...
'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978,
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
carmaker
Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and then ...
completes a takeover of American manufacturer
Chrysler Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automotiv ...
's European operations, which are based in Britain's former
Rootes Group The Rootes Group or Rootes Motors Limited was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. Run from London's West End, the manufacturer was based in the Midlands and the distribution and de ...
factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7
Cambodian–Vietnamese War The Cambodian–Vietnamese War ( km, សង្គ្រាមកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម, vi, Chiến tranh Campuchia–Việt Nam), known in Vietnam as the Counter-offensive on the Southwestern border ( vi, Chiến dịch Phản ...
: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become ...
,
Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting. * January 8Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker ''Betelgeuse'' explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at
Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula i ...
, Ireland; 50 are killed. * January 9 – The ''
Music for UNICEF Concert The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the b ...
'' is held at the United Nations General Assembly to raise money for UNICEF and promote the Year of the Child. It is broadcast the following day in the United States and around the world. Hosted by the
Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era i ...
, other performers include
Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular m ...
,
ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group' ...
,
Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...
and
Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band whose music spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, big band, Latin, and Afro pop. They are among the best-selling bands of all time, with sales of over 90 million re ...
. A soundtrack album is later released. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
– Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran with his family, relocating to Egypt after a year of turmoil. * January 19 – Former U.S. Attorney General
John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States under President Richard Nixon and chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipa ...
is released on parole after 19 months at a federal prison in Alabama. * January 22
Uganda–Tanzania War The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War (Kiswahili: ''Vita vya Kagera'') and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979 and led to the overthrow of Uganda ...
:
Battle of Mutukula The Battle of Mutukula (Kiswahili: ''Mapigano ya Mutukula'') took place from 21–22 January 1979 near and in the town of Mutukula, Uganda, during the Uganda–Tanzania War. After repulsing a Ugandan invasion of the Kagera Salient in 1978, Tan ...
: The Tanzanian military captures the Ugandan border town of Mutukula after a short battle. * January 25
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
arrives in Mexico City for his first visit to Mexico, mainly for 1979's
Latin American Episcopal Conference Based in Bogotá (Colombia), the Latin American Episcopal Council ( es, Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano; pt, Conselho Episcopal Latino-Americano), better known as CELAM, is a council of the Roman Catholic bishops of Latin America, created in 1 ...
(CELAM) or Conference of
Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
. * January 28 -
Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CCP ...
arrives in Washington, D.C. for the first visit of a paramount leader of the People's Republic of China to the United States.


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
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Ayatollah Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیت‌الله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Etymology The title is originally derived from Arabic word pr ...
Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. * February 3 – Ayatollah Khomeini creates the
Council of the Islamic Revolution The Council of the Islamic Revolution ( fa, شورای انقلاب اسلامی, Šūrā-ye enqelāb-e eslāmī) was a group formed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to manage the Iranian Revolution on 10 January 1979, shortly before he returne ...
. * February 7 ** Iranian Revolution: Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts, and government administration; the final session of the Iranian
National Consultative Assembly The National Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای ملی, Mad̲j̲les-e s̲h̲ūrā-ye mellī) or simply Majles, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979. It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed for ...
is held. **
Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest k ...
moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science. ** Nazi criminal Josef Mengele suffers a stroke and drowns while swimming in
Bertioga Bertioga is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo in the Baixada Santista. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista. The population is 64,723 (2020 est.) in an area of 490.15 km2. Because it neighbors resort to ...
, Brazil. His remains are found in
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
. * February 1011 – The Iranian Revolution ends with the Iranian army withdrawing to its barracks leaving power in the hands of Ayatollah Khomeini, ending the Pahlavi dynasty. * February 11 – Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Simba Hills The Battle of Simba Hills or Battle of Kakuuto (Kiswahili: ''Mapigano ya Kakuuto'') was a conflict of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place over several days in mid-February 1979 around the Simba Hills in southern Uganda, near the town of Ka ...
: The Tanzanian military began its assault on the Simba Hills near the town of
Kakuuto Kakuuto is a town in southwestern Central Uganda. Location Kakuuto is located in Kyotera District, approximately , by road, south of Masaka, the largest city in the sub-region. This location lies immediately west of the highway between Masaka ...
. * February 12 – Prime Minister Hissène Habré starts the Battle of N'Djamena in an attempt to overthrow Chad's President Félix Malloum. * February 13 ** An intense
windstorm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), ...
strikes western
Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
and sinks a long section of the
Hood Canal Bridge The Hood Canal Bridge (officially William A. Bugge Bridge) is a floating bridge in the northwest United States, located in western Washington. It carries State Route 104 across Hood Canal of Puget Sound and connects the Olympic and Kitsa ...
. ** The
Guardian Angels A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in A ...
are formed in New York City as an unarmed organization of young crime fighters. * February 14 – In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
,
Adolph Dubs Adolph Dubs (August 4, 1920 – February 14, 1979), also known as Spike Dubs, was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from May 13, 1978, until his death in 1979. He was killed during a rescue atte ...
, who is killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. * February 15 – A suspected gas explosion in a Warsaw bank kills 49. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 *1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons o ...
– The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the
Sino-Vietnamese War The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1978, which ended the rule of the C ...
. * February 18 **The
1979 Daytona 500 The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979. Sports pundits consider the 1979 Daytona 500 to be the most important race in stock car history. T ...
is televised on
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...
, the first ever full airing of a 500-mile race on US television, Richard Petty wins after
Cale Yarborough William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, and farmer. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1 ...
and Donnie Allison battle for first place on the final lap and crash out, leading to a fist fight. This race brought NASCAR to a wider audience. ** The Khomeini government in Iran cuts diplomatic relations with Israel. * February 21 – Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Gayaza Hills The Battle of Gayaza Hills or the Battle of Kajurungusi (Kiswahili: ''Mapigano ya Kajurungusi'') was a conflict of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place in late February 1979 around the Gayaza Hills and Lake Nakivale in southern Uganda, nea ...
: A Tanzanian brigade successfully dislodged Ugandan forces from the Gayaza Hills. The battle is hard-fought, and the Tanzanians suffer their largest number of casualties in a single engagement of the war. * February 22Saint Lucia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. * February 26 ** A total solar eclipse, the last visible from the continental United States until 2017, arcs over northwestern conterminous USA and central Canada ending in Greenland. A partial solar eclipse is visible over almost all of North America and Central America including the eastern half of Alaska and the western half of the UK. ** The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with
Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...
. * February 27 **The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans is cancelled due to a strike called by the
New Orleans Police Department The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city is divided into eight police districts. The NOPD has a ...
. **The Soviet oil tanker ''Antonio Gramsci'' suffers a minor shipwreck in shallow waters shortly after leaving shore in Ventspils, resulting in a 5,000 ton oil spill, the largest that has ever occurred on the
Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
** Scottish devolution referendum: Scotland votes in favour of a Scottish Assembly, which is not implemented due to failing a condition that at least 40% of the electorate must support the proposal; in a Welsh devolution referendum, Wales votes against devolution. ** Philips publicly demonstrate a prototype of an optical digital audio disc at a press conference in Eindhoven, Netherlands. *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost cut ...
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Tororo The Battle of Tororo was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place from 2 to 4 March 1979 at Tororo, Uganda and its surroundings. It was fought between Ugandan rebels loyal to Milton Obote and Uganda Army units loyal to President ...
: Ugandan rebels attack and capture the town of
Tororo Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District. History Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ...
. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...
** The U.S. '' Voyager 1'' spaceprobe photos reveal Jupiter's rings. ** Uganda–Tanzania War: Battle of Tororo: The Ugandan military retakes Tororo from rebels. * March 5 – '' Voyager 1'' makes its closest approach to Jupiter at . * March 7 – The largest
Magnetar A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (∼109 to 1011 T, ∼1013 to 1015 G). The magnetic-field decay powers the emission of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma rays.War ...
( Soft gamma repeater) event is recorded. * March 8 ** Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. ** Thousands of women participate in the
International Women's Day Protests in Tehran, 1979 On International Women's Day on March 8, 1979, a women's march took place in Tehran in Iran. The march was originally intended to celebrate the International Women's Day, but transformed into massive protests against the changes taking place in ...
against the introduction of mandatory veiling during the Iranian revolution. ** Images taken by
Voyager I ''Voyager 1'' is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. Launched 16 days after its twin ''Voyager 2'', ''Voya ...
proved the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. * March 10 – Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Lukaya The Battle of Lukaya (Kiswahili: ''Mapigano ya Lukaya'') was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War. It was fought between 10 and 11 March 1979 around Lukaya, Uganda, between Tanzanian forces (supported by Ugandan rebels) and Ugandan government f ...
: The Ugandan military, a Libyan expeditionary force and allied
Palestine Liberation Organisation The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establishing Arab unity and st ...
militants begin a counter-offensive against Tanzanian troops in south-central Uganda. The Ugandan-led alliance retakes Lukaya after a short clash with the Tanzanian military. *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the ven ...
– Uganda–Tanzania War: Battle of Lukaya: The Tanzanian military counter-attacks at Lukaya, completely defeating the Ugandan-led alliance. This defeat permanently cripples the Ugandan military. * March 13
Maurice Bishop Maurice Rupert Bishop (29 May 1944 – 19 October 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of New Jewel Movement – a Marxist–Leninist party which sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education, and black liberation ...
leads a successful coup in
Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and ...
. His government will be crushed by American intervention in
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
. * March 14 – In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing 31 people on the ground and injuring 200. * March 16 **End of major hostilities in the
Sino-Vietnamese War The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1978, which ended the rule of the C ...
. ** In his letter to the United Nations, Elisio De Figueiredo, the People’s Republic of Angola’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, requests an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the question of South Africa’s continuous acts of aggression in Angola. *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
– The
Penmanshiel Tunnel Penmanshiel Tunnel is a now-disused railway tunnel near Grantshouse, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It was formerly part of the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar. The tunnel was constructed ...
in the UK collapses, killing two workers. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...
- C-SPAN, an American television channel focusing on government and public affairs, is launched. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arab ...
– Ten miners die in a methane gas explosion at
Golborne Colliery Golborne (pronounced or ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south-southeast of Wigan, northeast of Warrington and to the west of the city of Manchester. Combined with the village of Lowto ...
near
Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...
, Greater Manchester, England. *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelred ...
– The NHL votes to approve its merger with the WHA, effective in the fall. *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to ...
– The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, ''Columbia'', is delivered to the Kennedy Space Center, to be prepared for its first launch. * March 26 ** In a ceremony at the White House, President
Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
of Egypt and Prime Minister
Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...
of Israel sign an Egypt–Israel peace treaty. ** Michigan State University, led by
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time and has been compared with Stephen Curry. Johnson played 13 seasons in the ...
, defeats
Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded a ...
-led Indiana State 75–64 in the NCAA tournament
championship game In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...
at
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, t ...
. *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...
** In Britain, James Callaghan's minority Labour government loses a motion of confidence by one vote, forcing a general election which is to be held on 3 May. ** America's most serious
nuclear power plant A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces ele ...
accident occurs, at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. *1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of V ...
– Sultan
Yahya Petra of Kelantan Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim ( Jawi: ; 10 December 1917 – 29 March 1979) was the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia from 21 September 1975 to his death, and the 27th Sultan of Kelantan (1960–1979). Early life ...
, the 6th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The of ...
(Head of State) of Malaysia, dies in office. He is replaced by Sultan
Ahmad Shah of Pahang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was the fifth modern Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong ...
. *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. * 1282 &nda ...
Airey Neave Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, (;) (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1953 until his assassination in 1979. During World War II he was the first British prisoner-of-war to ...
, Conservative M.P. in the
British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...
, is killed, presumably by an
Irish National Liberation Army The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, ga, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as "the Troubles". The group seeks ...
bomb in the car park for the Houses of Parliament. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the ...
** The last British soldier (belonging to the
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
) leaves the
Maltese Islands Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
, after 179 years of presence.
Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien). ** Milk and Honey win the
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by the ...
for Israel, with the song ''
Hallelujah ''Hallelujah'' ( ; he, ''haləlū-Yāh'', meaning "praise Yah") is an interjection used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four tim ...
''.


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
** Iran's government becomes an
Islamic Republic The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a theoretical form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been u ...
by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially. **
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. Its ...
launches from QUBE's Pinwheel experiment and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach. **
Dale Earnhardt Sr Dale or dales may refer to: Locations * Dale (landform), an open valley * Dale (place name element) Geography ;Australia *The Dales (Christmas Island), in the Indian Ocean ;Canada *Dale, Ontario ;Ethiopia *Dale (woreda), district ;Norway *Da ...
wins his first career NASCAR race at the
1979 Southeastern 500 The 1979 Southeastern 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on April 1, 1979, at Bristol Motor Speedway in the American community of Bristol, Tennessee. The race was notable as then-rookie driver Dale Earnhardt got the ...
at
Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Bristol is among the m ...
. He would go on to win 76 races and 7 championships during his career. *
April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
18 – Police lock
Andreas Mihavecz Andreas Mihavecz is an Austrian from Bregenz who holds the record of surviving the longest without any food or liquids. His ordeal is documented in the ''Guinness World Records''. On 1 April 1979, the then 18-year-old bricklayer's apprentice. was ...
in a holding cell in
Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switz ...
, Austria and forget about him, leaving him there without food or drink. *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Joh ...
Sverdlovsk anthrax leak On 2 April 1979, spores of ''Bacillus anthracis'' (the causative agent of anthrax) were accidentally released from a Soviet military research facility in the city of Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia). The ensuing outbreak o ...
: A
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
biowarfare Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Bi ...
laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne
anthrax Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium '' Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The s ...
spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. It is a violation of the
Biological Weapons Convention The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by prohibiting their development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpil ...
of
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
. *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Joh ...
- In Japan, the channel of TV Asahi premieres ''
Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and ...
''. *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
Pakistani Prime Minister The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pakis ...
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is executed by hanging for the murder of a political opponent. *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. *132 ...
Student protests Campus protest or student protest is a form of student activism that takes the form of protest at university campuses. Such protests encompass a wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction with a given political or academi ...
break out in Nepal. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– In Japan,
Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the ''Gundam'' anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Ar ...
directs '' Mobile Suit Gundam'', the first series of the metaseries of the same name. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
– A tornado hits
Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. According ...
, killing 42 people (the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day). *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrares ...
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Fall of Kampala The Fall of Kampala, also known as the Liberation of Kampala (Kiswahili: ''Kukombolewa kwa Kampala''), was a battle during the Uganda–Tanzania War in 1979, in which the combined forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front (U ...
: Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai du ...
– The La Soufrière volcano erupts in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...
. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 *43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho i ...
– The
Progressive Alliance of Liberia The Progressive Alliance of Liberia (PAL) was an opposition political movement formed in 1975 in Liberia led by group of Liberians from the United States and local students. The Political Education Team of the organization was organized, prepared, ...
stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting over 70 deaths and over 500 injured. *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. *1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard. ...
1979 Montenegro earthquake The 1979 Montenegro earthquake occurred on 15 April at 06:19 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). It was the most devastating earthquake in SR Montenegro, then part of Yugoslavia,(Montenegrin)Crno ...
: A 6.9 shock affects Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia) and parts of
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares la ...
, causing extensive damage to coastal areas and taking 136 lives; the old town of
Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kn ...
is devastated. *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. * 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Schoolchildren in the Central African Republic are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor
Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jean-Bédel Bokassa (; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its s ...
"almost certainly" took part in the massacre. *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 *1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. *1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. *1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hem ...
– The
Albert Einstein Memorial The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks, depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is located in central Washington, D.C., United States, in a grove of trees at the southwes ...
is unveiled at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. *
April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in sout ...
– Fighting breaks out in London between the
Anti-Nazi League The Anti-Nazi League (ANL) was an organisation set up in 1977 on the initiative of the Socialist Workers Party with sponsorship from some trade unions and the endorsement of a list of prominent people to oppose the rise of far-right groups i ...
and the Metropolitan Police's
Special Patrol Group The Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a unit of Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for providing a centrally based mobile capacity to combat serious public disorder, crime, and terrorism, that could not be dealt with by local ...
; protester
Blair Peach Clement Blair Peach (25 March 1946 – 24 April 1979) was a New Zealand teacher who was killed during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, London, England. A campaigner and activist against the far right, in April 1979 Peach took part in a ...
receives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG.


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 &ndas ...
Greenland is granted limited autonomy from Denmark, with its own Parliament sitting in Nuuk. *
May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. *1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...
– The
1979 United Kingdom general election The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with ...
for the House of Commons takes place, giving the
Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization ...
a majority, and electing Margaret Thatcher as the nation's first woman prime minister, ending the rule of James Callaghan's Labour government. * May 8 – Ten shoppers die in a fire at the Woolworths department store in Manchester city centre in England. *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
** The Salvadoran Civil War begins. ** The
Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski ( ; born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber (), is an American domestic terrorist and former mathematics professor. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide ...
bomb injures Northwestern University graduate student John Harris. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing. * May 15 – Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Lira The Battle of Lira was one of the last battles in the Uganda–Tanzania War, fought between Tanzania and its Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) allies, and Uganda Army troops loyal to Idi Amin on 15 May 1979. The Tanzanian-led forces easi ...
: Tanzania and its
Uganda National Liberation Front The Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) was a political group formed by exiled Ugandans opposed to the rule of Idi Amin with an accompanying military wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). UNLA fought alongside Tanzanian forces in ...
allies capture
Lira, Uganda Lira is a city in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial centre of Lira District. History Lira was one of the last towns in Uganda held by loyalists of Idi Amin during the Uganda–Tanzania War ...
, from the forces of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. * May 21 **
Dan White Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall. White was convicted of manslaug ...
is convicted of manslaughter, rather than murder, for the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor
Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in N ...
, after using what would become known as the "
Twinkie defense "Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catch-all term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of S ...
" and persuading a jury that the crime was not premeditated. The maximum sentence is seven years imprisonment, with eligibility for early parole, prompting the "
White Night riots The White Night riots were a series of violent events sparked by an announcement of a lenient sentencing of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and of Harvey Milk, a member of the city's Board of Super ...
" in the gay community. ** The Montreal Canadiens defeat the New York Rangers four games to one to win their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup. *
May 25 Events Pre-1600 *567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toled ...
**
American Airlines Flight 191 American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight in the United States operated by American Airlines from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. On the afternoon of May 25 ...
: In Chicago, a
DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the DC-8 for long-range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970; it was introduced on August 5, 1971, ...
crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 on board and 2 people on the ground in the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. **
John Spenkelink John Arthur Spenkelink (March 29, 1949 – May 25, 1979) was an American convicted murderer. He was executed in 1979, the first convicted criminal to be executed in Florida after capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, and the second (after Gar ...
is executed in Florida, in the first use of the
electric chair An electric chair is a device used to execute an individual by electrocution. When used, the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes fastened on the head and leg. This execution method, ...
in America after the reintroduction of the
death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that ...
in
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
. ** Etan Patz, 6 years old, is kidnapped in New York. He is often referred to as the "Boy on the Milk Carton" and the investigation later sprouts into one of the most famous child abduction cases of all time. This is a cold case until 2010 when it is re-opened. In April 2017, Pedro Hernandez is convicted of the murder and kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment. *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. *1153 – ...
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianap ...
:
Rick Mears Rick Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951) is a retired American race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six (197 ...
wins the race for the first time, and car owner
Roger Penske Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, ...
for the second time.


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
** The
Vizianagaram district Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga.Saripilli Dibbilingeswara templ ...
is formed in
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
, India. ** The first black-led government of
Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to th ...
in 90 years takes power, in succession to Ian Smith and under his power-sharing deal, in the unrecognized republic of
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia (), alternatively known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, also informally known as Zimbabwe or Rhodesia, and sometimes as Rhobabwe, was a short-lived sovereign state that existed from 1 June to 12 December 1979. Zimbabwe Rhodesia was p ...
. ** The
Seattle SuperSonics The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...
win the NBA Championship against the Washington Bullets. *
June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...
**
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement. ** Los Angeles' city council passes the city's first
homosexual rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , ...
bill signed without fanfare by mayor Tom Bradley. *
June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
** Ixtoc I oil spill: A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional
oil spill An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into t ...
until it is surpassed by the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill in 2010. **
1979 Italian general election The 1979 Italian general election was held in Italy on 3 June 1979.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1048. This election was called just a week before the European vote: the failure to hold the tw ...
: The
Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...
loses a significant number of seats. *
June 4 Events Pre-1600 *1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. *1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedra ...
**
Joe Clark Charles Joseph Clark (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal polit ...
becomes Canada's 16th and youngest Prime Minister. ** Flight Lieutenant
Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...
takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General
Fred Akuffo Lieutenant General Frederick William "Fred" Kwasi Akuffo (21 March 1937 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from 1976 to 1978, and chairman of the ruling Sup ...
is overthrown. ** Following the "
Muldergate The Muldergate scandal, also known as the Information Scandal or Infogate, was a South African political scandal involving a secret propaganda campaign conducted by the apartheid Department of Information. It centred on revelations about the Depa ...
" Information Scandal,
John Vorster Balthazar Johannes "B. J." Vorster (; also known as John Vorster; 13 December 1915 – 10 September 1983) was a South African apartheid politician who served as the prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth state presiden ...
resigns as
State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...
.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961–1994
Accessed 14 April 2017.
*
June 7 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). * 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. *1002 – Henry II ...
1979 European Parliament election The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community European Union member state, member states. They were the first Elections in the European Union, European elections ...
: The first direct elections to the European Parliament begin, allowing citizens from across all nine (at this time) member states of the European Union to elect 410 MEPs. It is also the first international election in history. * June 12Bryan Allen flies the man-powered ''
Gossamer Albatross The ''Gossamer Albatross'' is a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr Paul B MacCready's company AeroVironment. On June 12, 1979, it completed a successful crossing of the English Channel to win the second Kremer p ...
'' across the English Channel. * June 15 ** McDonald's introduces the
Happy Meal A Happy Meal is a kids' meal usually sold at the American fast food restaurant chain McDonald's since June 1979. A small toy or book is included with the food, both of which are usually contained in a red cardboard box with a yellow smiley face ...
in the United States in a nationwide advertising campaign after testing the product since February in franchises in the U.S. state of Missouri. ** The ecological horror-thriller '' Prophecy'' is released in the United States by Paramount Pictures. *
June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of abo ...
Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the
SALT II The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War superpowers dealt with arms control in two rounds of ...
agreement in Vienna. *
June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. * 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...
Marais Viljoen Marais Viljoen, (2 December 1915 – 4 January 2007) was the last ceremonial state president of South Africa from 4 June 1979 until 3 September 1984. Viljoen became the last of the ceremonial presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in ...
becomes
State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...
. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. *1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– A Nicaraguan National Guard soldier kills ABC TV news correspondent Bill Stewart and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. Other members of the news crew capture the killing on tape. *
June 22 Events Pre-1600 * 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
**''
The Muppet Movie ''The Muppet Movie'' is a 1979 American musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film w ...
'' is released. ** Former
Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...
leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of
conspiracy to murder Conspiracy to murder is a statutory offence defined by the intent to commit murder. England and Wales The offence of conspiracy to murder was created in statutory law by section 4 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and retained as ...
Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him. *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. *1280 – The Spanish Re ...
New South Wales Premier Neville Wran officially opens the
Eastern Suburbs Railway The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms ...
in Sydney. It operates as a shuttle between Central and Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line in 1980. * June 24 – The
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal is an international human rights organization founded in Bologna, Italy, on June 24, 1979, at the initiative of Senator Lelio Basso. It was formed at the final session of the Russell Tribunal as a vehicle to condemn ...
, an international opinion tribunal, is founded in Bologna at the initiative of Senator
Lelio Basso Lelio Basso (25 December 1903 – 16 December 1978) was an Italian democratic socialist politician, political scientist and journalist. Early life Lelio Basso was born in Varazze (in the province of Savona) into a Liberal bourgeois family. In 1 ...
. * June 25NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Alexander Haig Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (; December 2, 1924February 20, 2010) was United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these ca ...
escapes an assassination attempt in Belgium by the Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization.


July

*
July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Sweden outlaws
corporal punishment in the home Physical or corporal punishment by a parent or other legal guardian is any act causing deliberate physical pain or discomfort to a minor child in response to some undesired behavior. It typically takes the form of spanking or slapping the chil ...
. ** The
Sony Walkman Walkman, stylised as , is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made "walkman" an unofficial term for ...
goes on sale for the first time in Japan. *
July 3 Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolu ...
– U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. * July 5 – Queen Elizabeth II attends the millennium celebrations of the Isle of Man's Parliament,
Tynwald Tynwald ( gv, Tinvaal), or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald ( gv, Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal) or Tynwald Court, is the legislature of the Isle of Man. It consists of two chambers, known as the branches of Tynwald: the directly elected House ...
. *
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
– Los Angeles passes its gay and lesbian civil rights bill. *
July 9 Events Pre-1600 * 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
– A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by Nazi hunters
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld Serge Klarsfeld (born 17 September 1935) is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notab ...
at their home in France. A note purportedly from
ODESSA Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
claims responsibility. *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...
NASA's first orbiting space station, ''
Skylab Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations i ...
'', begins falling back Earth as its orbit decays after more than six years. *
July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...
** The Gilbert Islands become fully independent of the United Kingdom as Kiribati. ** A '' Disco Demolition Night'' publicity stunt goes awry at
Comiskey Park Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 Chicago White Sox s ...
, forcing the
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and ...
to
forfeit Forfeit or forfeiture may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Forfeit'', a 2007 thriller film starring Billy Burke * "Forfeit", a song by Chevelle from ''Wonder What's Next'' * ''Forfeit/Fortune'', a 2008 album by Crooked Fingers L ...
their game against the
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
. **
Carmine Galante Carmine Galante (; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mobster. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from is mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo" (a Sicilian term for cigar). Galante had a long career ...
, boss of the
Bonanno crime family The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, and in the United States, as part of the criminal phenomenon known as the ...
, is assassinated in Brooklyn. ** A fire at a hotel in Zaragoza, Spain, leaves 72 dead, the worst hotel fire in Europe in decades. *
July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 &ndash ...
– President Jimmy Carter addresses the nation in a televised speech talking about the "crisis of confidence in America today"; it would go on to be known as his "national malaise" speech. * July 16Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Vice President
Saddam al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...
, more commonly referred to in the Western press as "Saddam Hussein", replaces him. *
July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damas ...
Nicaraguan president General
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of t ...
resigns and flees to Miami. * July 21 ** The Sandinista National Liberation Front concludes a successful revolutionary campaign against the Somoza dynasty and assumes power in Nicaragua. **
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo (; 18 January 1930 – 10 July 2004) was a Portuguese chemical engineer and politician. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal, and the second woman to ...
becomes prime minister of Portugal. **
Maritza Sayalero Maritza Sayalero Fernández (born February 16, 1961, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan designer, model, businesswoman and beauty queen. In 1979 she was crowned both Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe, the first woman from Venezuela to win this title. Sh ...
of Venezuela wins the Miss Universe pageant; the stage collapses after contestants and news photographers rush to her throne. ** The
disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pi ...
music genre dominates and peaks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, with the first six spots (beginning with
Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular m ...
's '' Bad Girls''), and seven of the chart's top ten songs ending that week. * July 22
1979 Ba'ath Party Purge The 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge (Arabic: تطهير حزب البعث) or Comrades Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة الرفاق) was a public purge of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party orchestrated on 22 July 1979 by then-president Saddam Hussein six days after hi ...
: Iraqi president Saddam Hussein arranges the arrest and later execution of nearly seventy members of his ruling
Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-ʾArsūzī. The party espoused B ...
. *
July 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. * 1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, ...
Morarji Desai Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 to 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his ...
resigns as India's prime minister and
Charan Singh Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the 'champion of India's peasants.' Charan Si ...
succeeds him.


August

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August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor ...
– Dictator
Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema ( Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea ...
of
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
is overthrown in a bloody coup d'état led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. *
August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during t ...
– Opening game of the '' American Football Bundesliga'' played between
Frankfurter Löwen The Frankfurter Löwen ( en, Frankfurt Lions) were an American football team from Frankfurt, Germany. The ''Löwen'' were the first American football club to be formed in Germany.Düsseldorf Panther The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest extant American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
in Germany. *
August 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. * 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
– The Polisario Front signs a peace treaty with Mauritania. Mauritania withdraws from the
Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...
territory it had occupied, and cedes it to the
SADR The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (; SADR; also romanized with Saharawi; ar, الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية ' es, República Árabe Saharaui Democrática), also known as Western Sahara, is a ...
. *
August 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. *1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
- Bauhaus releases their debut single "
Bela Lugosi's Dead "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a song by the English post-punk band Bauhaus. It was the band's first single, released on 6 August 1979 by record label Small Wonder. It is often considered the first gothic rock record. History "Bela Lugosi's Dead" wa ...
", considered to be the first gothic rock release. *
August 8 Events Pre-1600 * 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as t ...
– Two American
commercial diver Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. The procedures are often regulated by legislation and codes of practice as it is an inherently hazardous occupation and the diver works as a member of a team. Du ...
s, Richard Walker and Victor Guiel, die of hypothermia after their
diving bell A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work. The most common types are the open-bottomed wet bell and the closed bell, which c ...
becomes stranded at a depth of over in the
East Shetland Basin The East Shetland Basin is a major oil-producing area of the North Sea between Scotland and Norway. Oil produced in the UK area is landed at Sullom Voe Terminal in the Shetland Islands. Associated gas flows via the FLAGS pipeline to St Fergus G ...
. The legal repercussions of the accident will lead to important safety changes in the diving industry. *
August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
Raymond Washington Raymond Lee Washington (August 14, 1953 – August 9, 1979) was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in South Los Angeles, becoming a pr ...
, co-founder of the
Crips The Crips is an alliance of street gangs that is based in the coastal regions of Southern California. Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips were initially a single alliance b ...
, today one of the largest, most notorious gangs in the United States, is killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; the killers have not yet been identified. *
August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: The ...
Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the " King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over ...
releases his breakthrough album '' Off the Wall''. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7× platinum album. *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
** The former Mauritanian province of
Tiris al-Gharbiyya Tiris al-Gharbiyya ( ar, تيرس الغربية, links=, lit=Western Tiris, translit=Tīris al-Ġarbiyya) was the name for the area of Western Sahara under Mauritanian control between 1975 and 1979. Background Mauritania annexed the southern t ...
in
Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...
is annexed by Morocco. ** The Machchu-2 dam in
Morbi Morbi or Morvi is a city in the Morbi district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the Kathiawar peninsula. , the city's population was determined to be 194,947. The city is on the Machhu River, from the sea and from Rajkot. H ...
, India, collapses, killing between 1800 and 25000 people in one of the worst ever dam failures. *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 *74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating th ...
A freak storm during the Fastnet Race results in the deaths of 15 sailors. *
August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/ 310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– The controversial religious satirical film '' Monty Python's Life of Brian'' premieres in the United States. *
August 27 Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. *1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England. *1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kam ...
Lord Mountbatten of Burma Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of Germa ...
and two others are killed in a bombing on his boat in the Republic of Ireland by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...
(IRA). Mountbatten was a British admiral, statesman and an uncle of The Duke of Edinburgh. On the same day, the
Warrenpoint ambush The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, the Warrenpoint massacre or the Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambu ...
occurs, killing 18 British soldiers.
Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne Doreen Geraldine Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, DStJ (née Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne; 29 May 1896 – 28 August 1979) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and socialite. She died as a result of her injuries following an attack by the Provisional ...
would die in a hospital the following day from injuries sustained in the bombing. *
August 29 Events Pre-1600 * 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). * 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine ...
– A national referendum is held in which Somali voters approve a new liberal constitution, promulgated by President Siad Barre to placate the United States.


September

* September 1 ** The U.S. ''
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'' becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of . **
Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps The Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps (SLAWC) is a Sri Lanka Army corps. The headquarters of this corps is in Borella, Colombo and the corps has six battalions. The first battalion was raised in 1 September 1979. The regimental insignia of this corps ...
is formed. *
September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. * 1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Thi ...
– The first cable sports channel, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network (better known as
ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The co ...
), is launched in the United States. * September 9 – The long-running comic strip '' For Better or For Worse'' begins its run, in Canada, before becoming syndicated elsewhere in North America and the world. *
September 12 Events Pre-1600 *490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. * 372 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin ...
Hurricane Frederic makes landfall at 10:00 p.m. on Alabama's Gulf Coast. *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hil ...
– South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of
Venda Venda () was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, which is fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black homeland, Gazankulu. It is now part of the ...
(not recognised outside South Africa). * September 16 ** East German balloon escape: Two families flee from East Germany by balloon. **
The Sugarhill Gang The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop trio. Their 1979 hit " Rapper's Delight" was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; reaching a peak position of number 36 on January 12, 1980. This was the trio's o ...
release '' Rapper's Delight'' in the United States, the first
rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...
to become a Top 40 hit on the
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. *
September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin b ...
– French
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s help David Dacko to overthrow Emperor Bokassa in the Central African Republic. * September 22
Vela incident The Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, roughly midway between Africa and Antar ...
: The "South Atlantic Flash" is observed near the
Prince Edward Islands The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa. The islands are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Islan ...
in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test conducted by South Africa and Israel. *
September 29 Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. * 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, a ...
– The overthrown dictator
Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema ( Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea ...
of
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
is convicted of genocide and executed by firing squad. * September 30 – The Hong Kong
MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
metro begins service with the opening of its Modified Initial System, the Kwun Tong Line.


October

*
October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwi ...
Nigeria terminates military rule, and the Second Nigerian Republic is established. *
October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwi ...
7
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
visits the United States, starting in
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...
. *
October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwi ...
– The
MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens. *
October 2 Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...
– Pope John Paul II arrives in New York City for his first papal tour where he addresses the U.N. General Assembly against all forms of
concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simp ...
s and torture. * October 6
Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...
changes from an interest rate target policy to a money supply target policy. *
October 7 Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 ...
– Pope John Paul II ends his first U.S. papal visit in
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with his first-ever visit to the White House. * October 9Peter Brock wins the
Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rec ...
by a record six laps, with a lap record on the last lap. *
October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...
** Near Guam,
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reaches a record intensity of 870 millibars, the lowest pressure recorded at sea level. This makes Tip the most powerful tropical cyclone in known world history. **
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returns as Prime Minister of Sweden, replacing
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who is named Foreign Minister of Sweden. ** ''
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'', the first novel by Douglas Adams, is published in the United Kingdom *
October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. *1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...
National March for
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, involving tens of thousands of people. *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 121 ...
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events, in which members of a political group sack a newspaper office, unfold in Malta. *
October 16 Events Pre-1600 * 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. * 9 ...
– A tsunami in Nice, France kills 23 people. *
October 17 Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. *1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. *1346 – The English capture King Dav ...
– The
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become only the fourth
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team (as well as the only MLB franchise to accomplish the feat twice) to recover from a 3-games-to-1 deficit to win the
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. *
October 19 Events Pre-1600 * 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. * 439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in N ...
– 13 U.S. Marines die in a fire at
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, Japan as a result of Typhoon Tip. * October 20 – The first McDonald's in Singapore opens at Liat Towers in Orchard Road. * October 26 – **
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, the President of South Korea, is assassinated by KCIA director
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. **The eradication of the smallpox virus is announced by the World Health Organization, making smallpox the first of only two human diseases that have been driven to extinction ( rinderpest in 2011 being the other). *
October 27 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as a ...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains independence from the UK. *
October 31 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. * 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. * 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Consp ...
Western Airlines Flight 2605 Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico. On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a.m. CST ( UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 o ...
crashes upon landing at Mexico City International Airport, killing 72 occupants plus one on the ground; 16 people on board survive.


November

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November 1 Events Pre-1600 *365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Military coup in
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. ** Iran hostage crisis: Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on
November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. *1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. * 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...
and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests. *
November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. *1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the ...
** French police shoot gangster
Jacques Mesrine Jacques Mesrine (; 28 December 1936 – 2 November 1979) was a French criminal responsible for numerous murders, bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France, the US, and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison and made i ...
in Paris. **
Assata Shakur Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947; also married name, JoAnne Chesimard) is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder ...
(née Joanne Chesimard), a former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, escapes from a New York prison to Cuba, where she remains under political asylum. *
November 3 Events Pre-1600 * 361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. *1333 – The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Fl ...
– In
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, five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot to death and seven are wounded by a group of
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and
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, during a "Death to the Klan" rally. *
November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. *1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. * 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...
Iran hostage crisis begins: 500 Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). They demand that the United States send the former Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran back to stand trial. * November 5 ** All Saints' Massacre: The military junta in
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initiates a violent crack-down on its opponents. ** The radio news program ''Morning Edition'' premieres on National Public Radio in the United States. * November 6 – At Montevideo, Uruguay, the International Olympic Committee adopts a resolution, whereby Taiwan Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name Chinese Taipei in future Olympic Games and international sports tournaments and championships. * November 7 – U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy announces that he will challenge President Jimmy Carter for the 1980 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic presidential nomination. * November 9 ** The Carl Bridgewater murder trial ends in England with all four men found guilty. James Robinson, 45, and 25-year-old Vincent Hickey are sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended 25-year minimum for murder. 18-year-old Michael Hickey is also found guilty of murder and sentenced to indefinite detention. Patrick Molloy, 53, is found guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ** Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland, detect an apparent massive
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Nuclear warfare, nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled. * November 10 – 1979 Mississauga train derailment: A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history. * November 12 ** Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all Petroleum, oil imports into the United States from Iran. ** Süleyman Demirel, of the Justice Party (Turkey), Justice Party (AP) forms the new government of Turkey (43rd government, a minority government). * November 13 - Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President of the United States. * November 14 – Iran hostage crisis: U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks in response to the hostage crisis. * November 15 – British art historian and former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures Anthony Blunt's role as the "fourth man" of the 'Cambridge Five' double agents for the
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NKVD during World War II is revealed by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; she gives further details on November 21. * November 16 – Bucharest Metro Line One is opened, in Bucharest, Romania (from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, ). * November 17 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and African American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. * November 20 – Grand Mosque seizure: A group of 200 Juhayman al-Otaybi militants occupy Mecca's Masjid al-Haram, the holiest place in Islam. They are driven out by Saudi military forces after bloody fighting that leaves 250 people dead and 600 wounded. * November 21 – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans had occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4, and disturbing Pakistan–United States relations. * November 23 – In Dublin, Ireland,
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member Thomas McMahon (Irish republican), Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of
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. * November 25 – The last cargo of phosphate was shipped from Banaba Island in Kiribati in the South Pacific ocean, bringing an end to the island's chief industry. * November 28 – Air New Zealand Flight 901: an Air New Zealand
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crashes into Mount Erebus in Antarctica on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board. * November 30 – ''The Wall'', a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, is first released.


December

* December 3 ** The Who concert disaster: Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who rock concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati. ** The United States dollar exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5, 1987. ** Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran. * December 4 – The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull, England, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for Bruce George Peter Lee, the UK's most prolific killer. * December 5 – Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland; he is succeeded by Charles Haughey. * December 6 – The world premiere of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. * December 12 ** The NATO Double-Track Decision: is the decision of NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles combined with the threat that in case of disagreement NATO would deploy more middle-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe, following the so-called "Euromissile Crisis". ** The 8.2 1979 Tumaco earthquake, Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. ** Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-hah, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President
Park Chung-hee Park Chung-hee (, ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the dictator of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1961 ...
. ** The unrecognised state of
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia (), alternatively known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, also informally known as Zimbabwe or Rhodesia, and sometimes as Rhobabwe, was a short-lived sovereign state that existed from 1 June to 12 December 1979. Zimbabwe Rhodesia was p ...
returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia. * December 13 – The government of Canada falls in a non-confidence motion. * December 15 – The directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki, ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' based on the manga series ''Lupin III'' is released in Japan. * December 21 – A ceasefire for
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is signed at London. * December 23 – The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn, opens. * December 24 ** The Soviet Union covertly launches its Soviet–Afghan War, invasion of Afghanistan - 3 days later, People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, PDPA general secretary Hafizullah Amin is executed in Operation Storm-333 and Babrak Karmal replaces him, beginning the war. ** The first European Ariane 1, Ariane rocket is launched. * December 26 – In
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, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital Harare, Salisbury to monitor a ceasefire that begins December 28.


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* The One-child policy is introduced in China – it contributes to Missing women of China. It was loosened in 2013. * Hànyǔ Pīnyīn is widely adopted as the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, leading to changes in Western spelling of Chinese toponyms. * VisiCalc becomes the first Commerce, commercial Spreadsheet#Autoplan/Autotab spreadsheet programming language, spreadsheet program. * The first usenet experiments are conducted by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis (computing), Jim Ellis of Duke University. * Worldwide per capita oil production reaches a historic peak oil, peak. * The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and some of the Romanovs are discovered and exhumed near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). * NBC introduces a new version of its famous peacock, used in conjunction with the 1975-style N, for the 1979 in American television, Fall season. *''Onde Tem Bruxa Tem Fada'', book is published. * Citic Group, China International Trust Investment Group (CITIC) founded.


Births


January

* January 1 ** Brody Dalle, Australian singer ** Vidya Balan, Indian actress ** Gisela (singer), Gisela, Spanish pop singer and voice actress * January 2 **Erica Hubbard, American actress **Jagmeet Singh, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party * January 3 ** Koit Toome, Estonian singer and musical actor ** Rie Tanaka, Japanese voice actress * January 4 – Kevin Kuske, German Olympic bobsledder * January 6 ** Christina Chanée, Danish-Thai pop singer ** Bernice Liu, Hong Kong actress * January 7 ** Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and model ** Christian Lindner, German politician * January 8 ** Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, writer, director, producer and political activist ** Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer ** Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian football goalkeeper * January 9 ** Tomiko Van, Japanese singer (Do As Infinity) ** Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and model ** Hannah Yeoh, Malaysian politician * January 11 ** Terence Morris, American basketball player **Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer * January 12 ** Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player ** Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model ** Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer * January 13 ** María de Villota, Spanish racing driver (d. 2013) * January 15 ** Drew Brees, American football player ** Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
– Aaliyah, American R&B singer and actress (d. 2001) * January 17 – Sharon Chan, Hong Kong actress * January 18 ** Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, song producer and actor ** Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer ** Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland * January 19 – Svetlana Khorkina, Russian artistic gymnast * January 20 ** Rob Bourdon, American drummer (Linkin Park) ** Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol ** Will Young, English singer * January 21 ** Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union player ** Inul Daratista, Indonesian dangdut singer ** Johann Hari, Scot-Swiss Journalist and author * January 23 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player * January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress * January 25 – Christine Lakin, American actress * January 26 ** Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto, ACM Neto, Brazilian lawyer and politician ** Sara Rue, American actress * January 27 ** Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer * January 29 – B. J. Flores, American boxer * January 31 – Jenny Wolf, German speed skater


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
** Julie Augustyniak, American footballer ** Mahek Chahal, Norwegian actress and model ** Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer (d. 2006) ** Peter Fulton, New Zealand cricketer ** Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress ** Clodoaldo Silva, Brazilian paralympian swimmer * February 2 ** David Paisley, Scottish actor ** Fani Chalkia, Greek athlete ** Mayer Hawthorne, American soul singer ** Christine Lampard, Northern Irish television presenter ** Shamita Shetty, Indian actress and interior designer ** Yuichi Tsuchiya, Japanese actor * February 4 **Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist ** Jodi Shilling, American actress ** Tabitha Brown (actress), Tabitha Brown, American actress * February 5 ** Paulo Gonçalves (motorcyclist), Paulo Gonçalves, Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider (d. 2020) ** Katie Brambley, Canadian distance freestyle swimmer * February 6 – David Dolníček, Czech ice hockey player * February 7 ** Cerina Vincent, American actress and writer ** Michał Karwan, Polish footballer ** Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate * February 8 ** Josh Keaton, American actor ** Martin Rowlands, Irish footballer ** Aleksey Mishin (wrestler), Aleksey Mishin, Russian wrestler * February 9 ** Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model ** Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater * February 10 ** Paul Waggoner, American guitarist (Between the Buried and Me) * February 11 – Brandy Norwood, African-American singer and actress * February 12 ** Antonio Chatman, American football player ** Jesse Spencer, Australian actor * February 13 ** Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian Right-wing terrorism, far-right terrorist responsible for the 2011 Norway attacks ** Mena Suvari, American actress ** Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer * February 14 – Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor (d. 2009) * February 15 – Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver * February 16 ** Valentino Rossi, Italian seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing#MotoGP class, MotoGP world champion ** Eric Mun, leader of Korean boy-band Shinhwa * February 19 ** Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress ** Vitas, Ukrainian and Russian singer and actor * February 20 – Song Chong-gug, South Korean footballer * February 21 ** Maria Annus, Estonian actress ** Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler ** Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer ** Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer * February 25 – László Bodnár, Hungarian footballer * February 26 ** Corinne Bailey Rae, British singer-songwriter and guitarist ** Susana Diazayas, Mexican actress ** Ngô Thanh Vân, Norwegian-Vietnamese actress, singer and model * February 28 ** Michael Bisping, British mixed martial artist ** Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver ** Sander van Doorn, Dutch DJ and electronic music producer


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
– Iurie Chiorescu, Moldova politician *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...
** Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist ** Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer ** Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis) * March 5 ** Martin Axenrot, Swedish metal drummer ** Riki Lindhome, American actress and comedian ** Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter * March 6 – Érik Bédard, Canadian pitcher * March 7 ** Stephanie Anne Mills, Canadian voice actress ** Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rican politician, Governor of Puerto Rico * March 8 ** Jasmine You, Japanese musician (d. 2009) ** Tom Chaplin, British singer (Keane (band), Keane) * March 9 ** Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor ** Melina Perez, American professional wrestler * March 12 – Pete Doherty, British singer and guitarist (The Libertines, Babyshambles) * March 13 – Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player * March 14 ** Nicolas Anelka, French footballer ** Gao Ling, Chinese badminton player ** Chris Klein (actor), Chris Klein, American actor ** Michele Riondino, Italian actor * March 16 – Adriana Fonseca, Mexican actress and dancer *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
– Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arab ...
** Shola Ama, English singer ** Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5) *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...
** Emil Dimitriev, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister ** Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player * March 20 **Daniel Cormier, American retired mixed martial artist ** Freema Agyeman, British actress ** Molly Jenson, American musician ** Bianca Lawson, American actress * March 21 – Jimenez Lai, American architect * March 23 ** Mark Buehrle, American baseball player ** Bryan Fletcher (American football), Bryan Fletcher, American football player *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to ...
** Lee Pace, American actor ** Traxamillion, American producer rapper ** Gorilla Zoe, American rapper *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...
** Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. *1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of V ...
– Estela Giménez, Spanish gymnast *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. * 1282 &nda ...
** Daniel Arenas, Colombian-Mexican actor ** Norah Jones, American musician ** Jose Pablo Cantillo, American actor


April

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April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Joh ...
** Lindy Booth, Canadian actress ** Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) * April 3 ** Grégoire (musician), Grégoire, French singer-songwriter ** Živilė Balčiūnaitė, Lithuanian long-distance runner *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
** Heath Ledger, Australian actor and music video director (d. 2008) ** Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender ** Maksim Opalev, Russian canoeist * April 8 ** Mohamed Kader, Togolese footballer ** Alexi Laiho, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom) (d. 2020) ** David Petruschin, American drag queen * April 9 ** Sebastián Silva (director), Sebastián Silva, Chilean director, actor, screenwriter, painter and musician ** Keshia Knight Pulliam, African-American actress ** Mario Matt, Austrian alpine skier *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
** Ryan Agoncillo, Filipino actor and TV personality ** Rachel Corrie, American activist and diarist (d. 2003) ** Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese entertainer (KinKi Kids) ** Sophie Ellis-Bextor, British singer *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrares ...
** Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer and musician ** Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player ** Josh Server, American actor * April 12 ** Claire Danes, American actress ** Jennifer Morrison, American actress *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai du ...
– Baron Davis, American basketball player *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 *43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho i ...
** Pedro Andrade, Brazilian journalist and model ** Rebecca DiPietro, American model ** Pierre Roland, Indonesian actor *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. *1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard. ...
– Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. * 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Sung Si-kyung, South Korean singer * April 18 ** Michael Bradley (basketball), Michael Bradley, American basketball player ** Anthony Davidson, English racing driver ** Yusuke Kamiji, Japanese actor ** Kourtney Kardashian, American reality television star * April 19 ** Kate Hudson, American actress and co-founder of Fabletics ** Antoaneta Stefanova, Bulgarian chess player * April 20 – Teoh Beng Hock, Malaysian journalist (d. 2009) * April 21 ** Cindy Kurleto, Filipina-Austrian model and TV personality ** James McAvoy, Scottish actor ** Karin Rask, Estonian actress *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 *1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. *1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. *1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hem ...
– Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair) *
April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in sout ...
** Jaime King, American actress ** Yana Gupta, Indian actress of Czech origin * April 24 ** Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne ** Avey Tare, American musician ** Adam Andretti, American race car driver * April 25 ** Andreas Küttel, Swiss ski jumper ** Andrea Osvárt, Hungarian actress * April 27 – Travis Meeks, American musician (Days of the New) * April 28 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor * April 29 ** Jo O'Meara, English singer (S Club 7) * April 30 – Shelley Calene-Black, American voice actress


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 &ndas ...
** Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003) ** Lars Berger, Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier ** Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby union player * May 2 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player *
May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. *1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...
** Danny Foster (musician), Danny Foster, English singer (Hear'Say) ** Ingrid Isotamm, Estonian actress * May 4 ** Lance Bass, American singer (NSYNC) ** Wes Butters, English broadcaster * May 5 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor * May 6 ** Mark Burrier, American cartoonist ** Kerry Ellis, English stage actress and singer ** Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower ** Jon Montgomery, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of ''The Amazing Race Canada'' * May 8 – Wendy Armoko, Indonesian singer, actor, presenter and comedian *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
** Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician ** Rosario Dawson, American actress *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
** Marieke Vervoort, Belgian athlete (d. 2019) ** Lee Hyori, South Korean entertainer * May 12 – Adrian Serioux, Canadian soccer player * May 13 ** Mickey Madden, American musician (Maroon 5) ** Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland * May 14 – Urijah Faber, WEC Featherweight Champion * May 15 – James Mackenzie (actor), James Mackenzie, Scottish actor and TV presenter * May 16 ** Brandon Lee (pornographic actor), Brandon Lee, Filipino-American gay pornographic film actor ** Jessica Morris, American actress * May 18 ** Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer ** Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist ** Jens Bergensten ("Jeb"), Swedish game designer and co-founder of the game company Mojang * May 19 ** Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer ** Diego Forlán, Uruguayan football player * May 20 – Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician * May 21 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech-Finnish electronic musician and composer * May 22 ** Maggie Q, American actress **Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-British-American actress * May 23 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player (d. 2018) * May 24 ** Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist ** Tracy McGrady, American basketball player *
May 25 Events Pre-1600 *567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toled ...
– Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby union player * May 26 ** Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler and model (d. 2019) ** Elisabeth Harnois, American actress *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. *1153 – ...
– Michael Buonauro, American comic creator * May 28 – Jesse Bradford, American actor * May 29 – Brian Kendrick, American wrestler * May 30 ** Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player ** Clint Bowyer, American race car driver ** Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress and singer


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
** TheFatRat, German musician and producer ** Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson, Swedish video game programmer, designer and creator of Minecraft ** Rhea Santos, Filipina journalist based in Canada *
June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...
** Choirul Huda, Indonesian professional footballer and civil servant (d. 2017) ** Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actress * June 5 ** François Sagat, French male gay porn film actor, model and director ** Pete Wentz, American musician, lyricist and bassist (Fall Out Boy) * June 6 – Murder of Shanda Sharer, Shanda Sharer, American murder victim (d. 1992) *
June 7 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). * 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. *1002 – Henry II ...
** Anna Torv, Australian actress ** Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer * June 8 ** Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player ** Eddie Hearn, British promoter * June 9 – Émilie Loit, French tennis player * June 10 – Lee Brice, American country music singer-songwriter * June 12 ** Robyn, Swedish singer-songwriter ** Amandine Bourgeois, French singer ** Diego Milito, Argentine football player ** Jodie Prenger, British actress * June 13 ** Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player ** Ágnes Csomor, Hungarian actress * June 14 ** Paradorn Srichaphan, Thai tennis player * June 15 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete * June 16 – Ari Hest, American singer-songwriter * June 17 – Young Maylay, American actor, record producer and rapper *
June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of abo ...
** Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress ** Chris Neil, Canadian ice hockey player ** Pini Balili, Israeli-Turkish footballer and manager ** Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter *
June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. * 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...
** John Duddy, Irish boxer ** Kate Tsui, Hong Kong actress * June 21 ** Chris Pratt, American actor ** Makasini Richter, Tongan rugby league player *
June 22 Events Pre-1600 * 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
** Sandra Klösel, German tennis player ** Jai Rodriguez, American actor and musician *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. *1280 – The Spanish Re ...
** Marilyn Agliotti, Dutch field hockey player ** LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player * June 24 ** Petra Němcová, Czech model ** Joaquín de Orbegoso, Peruvian actor ** Craig Shergold, British cancer patient ** Mindy Kaling, American actress, comedian and author * June 25 ** Busy Philipps, American film actress * June 26 ** Ryan Tedder, American singer (OneRepublic), songwriter and producer ** Julia Benson, Canadian actress * June 27 ** Cazwell, American rapper and songwriter ** Scott Taylor (politician), Scott Taylor, American politician ** Fabrizio Miccoli, Italian professional footballer * June 28 ** Felicia Day, American actress, writer, director, violinist and singer ** Randy McMichael, American football player * June 29 ** Lee Hee-joon, South Korean actor ** Abz Love, English singer (Five (band), 5ive) ** Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer ** Yehuda Levi, Israeli actor and male model ** Liliana Castro, Ecuadorian-born Brazilian actress ** Artur Avila, Brazilian and French mathematician * June 30 ** Rick Gonzalez, American actor ** Ed Kavalee, Australian comedian, actor, radio and television host ** Faisal Shahzad, Pakistani-American bomber ** Matisyahu, Jewish-American reggae vocalist, beatboxer and alternative rock musician ** Nelson Lucas, Seychellois sprinter ** Christopher Jacot, Canadian actor ** Andy Burrows, English songwriter and musician


July

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Danisa Phiri, Zimbabwean footballer ** Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial arts fighter ** Patrik Baboumian, German-Iranian strongman competitor, strength athlete and bodybuilder * July 2 ** Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer ** Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver ** Ayiesha Woods, American singer *
July 3 Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolu ...
** Sayuri Katayama, Japanese actress, singer and lyricist ** Ludivine Sagnier, French model and actress * July 4 – Kevin Thoms, American actor and voice actor * July 5 ** Oh Dae-hwan, South Korean actor ** Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife) ** Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player ** Darine Hamze, Lebanese actress * July 6 ** Mohsen Bengar, Iranian footballer ** Kevin Hart, American actor, comedian, writer and producer * July 7 ** Pat Barry (kickboxer), Pat Barry, American kickboxer and mixed martial artist ** Douglas Hondo, Zimbabwean cricketer ** Shebly Niavarani, Swedish actor ** Amanda Françozo, Brazilian television presenter and model *
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
– Ben Jelen, Scottish-born American former singer-songwriter *
July 9 Events Pre-1600 * 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
** Ella Koon, Hong Kong actress ** Gary Chaw, Malaysian Chinese singer * July 10 ** Gong Yoo, South Korean actor ** Dimitri Soudas, Canadian political consultant *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...
** Im Soo-jung, South Korean actress ** Marina Gatell, Spanish actress *
July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...
** Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player and coach ** Justin Rockefeller, American venture capitalist and political activist ** Sam Golzari, British actor * July 13 ** Dejan Ćirjaković, Serbian actor, screenwriter and musician ** Daniel Galera, Brazilian writer, translator and editor ** Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Canadian voice actress ** Ladyhawke (musician), Ladyhawke, New Zealand singer-songwriter * July 14 ** Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier ** Scott Porter, American actor and singer ** Cristián Verón, Argentine footballer *
July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 &ndash ...
** Laura Benanti, American actress and singer ** Travis Fimmel, Australian fashion model and actor ** Philipp Karner, American actor, writer and director * July 16 ** Landy Wen, Taiwanese singer ** Jayma Mays, American actress and singer ** Kinya Kotani, Japanese singer ** Kim Rhode, American double trap and skeet shooter *
July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damas ...
** Mike Vogel, American actor ** Brendan James, American piano-based singer/songwriter * July 18 ** Rick Baxter, American politician ** Jason Weaver, American actor and singer * July 19 ** Malavika (actress), Malavika, Indian actress ** David Sakurai, Danish-Japanese actor, director, scriptwriter and martial artist ** Bruno Cabrerizo, Brazilian football player, model and actor * July 20 ** Claudine Barretto, Filipino film actress, television actress, entrepreneur and product endorser ** Marcos Mion, Brazilian TV host, actor, voice actor and businessman ** Milan Nikolić (musician), Milan Nikolić, Serbian accordionist ** Adam Rose, South African professional wrestler ** Amr Shabana, Egyptian squash player * July 22 – Parvesh Cheena, American actor * July 23 – Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams, American singer and actress * July 24 ** Rose Byrne, Australian actress ** Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress ** Stat Quo, American rapper * July 25 ** Juan Pablo Di Pace, Argentinian actor and singer ** Allister Carter, English snooker player * July 26 ** Johnson Beharry, British recipient of the Victoria Cross ** Tamyra Gray, American singer ** Derek Paravicini, British pianist ** Hamudi Salman, Arab-Israeli professional football player ** Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player ** Mageina Tovah, American actress * July 27 ** Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician (d. 2018) ** Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer ** Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler * July 30 ** Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player ** Show Lo, Taiwanese singer ** Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish professional golfer ** Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (d. 2012) * July 31 – B. J. Novak, American actor, director and producer


August

* August 1 ** Jason Momoa, American actor ** Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019) ** Honeysuckle Weeks, British actress *
August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor ...
** Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and author of children's literature ** Maria Haukaas Mittet, Norwegian recording artist *
August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during t ...
– Patryk Dominik Sztyber, Polish rock musician *
August 5 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. * 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are ...
– David Healy (footballer), David Healy, Northern Irish footballer * August 7 – Miguel Llera, Spanish footballer *
August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: The ...
** JoAnna Garcia, American actress ** Ted Geoghegan, American screenwriter *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
** Drew Nelson (actor), Drew Nelson, Canadian actor and voice actor ** Bubba Crosby, American baseball player * August 12 ** Peter Browngardt, American cartoonist ** Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater * August 13 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician * August 15 ** Carl Edwards, American race car driver ** Peter Shukoff, American comedian, musician and personality * August 16 ** Sarah Balabagan, Filipina prisoner and singer * August 19 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer * August 20 – Jamie Cullum, English jazz pianist and singer * August 22 **Matt Walters, American football player **Angelu de Leon, Filipina actress * August 23 ** Mulan Jameela, Indonesian singer and politician ** Ritchie Neville, English singer (Five (band), 5ive) * August 24 ** Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer ** Michael Redd, American basketball player * August 25 – Andrew Hussie, American artist * August 26 ** Jamal Lewis, American football player ** Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer *
August 27 Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. *1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England. *1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kam ...
** Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker and actor ** Tian Liang, Chinese diver ** Aaron Paul, American actor * August 28 ** Robert Hoyzer, German football referee ** Yuki Maeda, Japanese singer ** Shane Van Dyke, American actor *
August 29 Events Pre-1600 * 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). * 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine ...
– Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002 * August 30 ** Leon Lopez, British actor, film director, singer-songwriter and occasional model ** Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress ** Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress * August 31 ** Mickie James, American professional wrestler ** Simon Neil, Scottish musician (vocalist, guitarist, songwriter), Biffy Clyro Marmaduke Duke ** Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer


September

* September 1 – Neg Dupree, British comedian * September 2 ** Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor ** Łukasz Żygadło, Polish volleyball player * September 3 – Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979), Júlio César, Brazilian football goalkeeper * September 4 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player * September 5 ** John Carew, Norwegian footballer ** Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster * September 6 – Ned Collette, Australian singer and musician *
September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. * 1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Thi ...
– Nathan Hindmarsh, Australian rugby league player * September 8 ** Pink (singer), Pink, American singer and actress **Ashraf Sinclair, English-Malaysian actor (d. 2020) * September 10 – Mustis, Norwegian pianist * September 11 ** Ariana Richards, American actress ** Eric Abidal, French footballer ** Cameron Richardson, American actress and model *
September 12 Events Pre-1600 *490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. * 372 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin ...
** Michelle Dorrance, American tap dancer ** Jay McGraw, American author, son of TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hil ...
– Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player * September 14 ** Stuart Fielden, English rugby league player ** Chris John (boxer), Chris John, Indonesian former featherweight boxing champion ** Kamya Panjabi, Indian television actress * September 15 ** Dave Annable, American actor ** Amy Davidson, American actress ** Edna Kiplagat, Edna Ngeringway Kiplagat, Kenyan long-distance runner ** Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player * September 16 ** Fanny (singer), Fanny, French singer ** Flo Rida, African-American rapper ** Soo Ae, South Korean actress * September 17 ** Akin Ayodele, American football player ** Chuck Comeau, Canadian drummer * September 18 ** Junichi Inamoto, Japanese footballer ** Alison Lohman, American actress * September 19 – Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel *
September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin b ...
– David Long (New Zealand musician), David Long, New Zealand musician * September 22 – MyAnna Buring, Swedish-English actress * September 23 – Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979), Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player * September 24 ** Justin Bruening, American actor and model ** Erin Chambers, American actress ** Katja Kassin, German porn actress ** Julia Clarete, Filipina actress * September 25 ** Rashad Evans, American retired mixed martial artist ** Michele Scarponi, Italian road bicycle racer (d. 2017) * September 26 ** Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese professional wrestler ** Taavi Rõivas, Prime Minister of Estonia * September 27 ** Zoltán Horváth (basketball), Zoltán Horváth, Hungarian basketball player (d. 2009) ** Shinji Ono, Japanese football player ** Nathan Foley (singer), Nathan Foley, Australian performer * September 28 ** Bam Margera, American skateboarder ** Anndi McAfee, American actress and voice actress *
September 29 Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. * 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, a ...
** Gaitana (singer), Gaitana, Ukrainian singer and songwriter of Ukrainian and Congolese descent ** Artika Sari Devi, Putri Indonesia 2004 * September 30 ** Mike Damus, American actor ** Vince Chong, Malaysian singer ** Juho Kuosmanen, Finnish film director and screenwriter


October

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October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwi ...
** Rudi Johnson, American football player ** Senit, Italian singer of Eritrean descent ** Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union player *
October 2 Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...
– Brianna Brown, American actress * October 3 ** Matt Davis (comedian), Matt Davis, American stand-up comedian ** Josh Klinghoffer, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) ** John Morrison (wrestler), John Hennigan, American professional wrestler * October 4 ** Caitriona Balfe, Irish model and actress ** Brandon Barash, American actor ** Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress ** Adam Voges, Australian cricketer * October 5 – Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese actress *
October 7 Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 ...
** Aaron Ashmore, Canadian film and television actor ** Shawn Ashmore, Canadian film and television actor ** Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast ** Tang Wei, Chinese actress * October 8 – Kristanna Loken, American actress and model * October 9 ** Csézy, Hungarian singer ** Vernon Fox, American football player ** Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (Phantom Planet and Phases (band), JJAMZ) ** Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver ** Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor and comedian ** DJ Rashad, Chicago-based electronic musician, producer and DJ (d. 2014) ** Hendrik Odendaal, South African swimmer ** Brandon Routh, American actor ** Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer * October 10 ** Wu Chun, Bruneian actor, model and singer ** Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player ** Mýa, American singer and actress * October 11 ** Bae Doona, South Korean actress ** Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan singer (Cobra Starship) * October 13 ** Ryan Malcolm, Canadian singer ** Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer *
October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. *1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...
– Stacy Keibler, American actress and model *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 121 ...
– Jaci Velasquez, American Christian singer *
October 16 Events Pre-1600 * 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. * 9 ...
– Erin Brown, American actress *
October 17 Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. *1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. *1346 – The English capture King Dav ...
– Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish 2007 Formula 1 world champion * October 18 – Ne-Yo, African-American singer and songwriter *
October 19 Events Pre-1600 * 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. * 439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in N ...
– Marc Elliott, British actor * October 20 ** John Krasinski, American actor ** Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby union player **Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, American filmmaker * October 23 ** Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer ** Prabhas, Indian actor * October 25 – Sarah Thompson (actress), Sarah Thompson, American actress * October 26 – Jonathan Chase (actor), Jonathan Chase, American actor * October 28 ** Brett Dennen, American folk/pop singer and songwriter **Glover Teixeira, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist ** Jawed Karim, German and Bangladeshi-American software engineer, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of YouTube ** Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player * October 30 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress


November

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November 1 Events Pre-1600 *365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Coco Crisp, American baseball player ** Atsuko Enomoto, Japanese voice actress ** Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer *
November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. *1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the ...
** Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (d. 2020) ** Erika Flores, American actress *
November 3 Events Pre-1600 * 361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. *1333 – The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Fl ...
** Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer ** Tim McIlrath, American rock singer, songwriter (Rise Against) *
November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. *1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. * 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...
– Audrey Hollander, American porn actress * November 5 ** Leonardo Nam, Australian actor ** Tarek Boudali, French actor ** Patrick Owomoyela, German Footballer of Nigerian descent * November 6 ** Lamar Odom, African-American retired basketball player ** Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress * November 7 – Jon Peter Lewis, American singer and songwriter * November 8 ** Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer ** Dania Ramirez, Dominican actress ** Dash Berlin, Dutch DJ and music producer ** Salvatore Cascio, Italian actor * November 9 ** Cory Hardrict, American actor ** Darren Trumeter, American actor and comedian * November 12 ** Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler (d. 2018) ** Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress ** Matt Stevic, Australian rules football umpire * November 13 ** Henry Wolfe, American actor and musician ** Metta World Peace, American basketball player * November 14 ** Mavie Hörbiger, German actress ** Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress ** Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999 * November 17 – Matthew Spring, English footballer * November 18 – Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer * November 19 ** Barry Jenkins, American film director, producer, and screenwriter ** Larry Johnson (running back), Larry Johnson, American football player ** Michelle Vieth, American born Mexican actress and model * November 20 – Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer * November 21 – Kim Dong-wan, South Korean singer and actor * November 22 ** Chris Doran, Irish singer ** Scott Robinson (singer), Scott Robinson, English singer (Five (band), 5ive) ** Njabuliso Simelane, Swaziland international footballer * November 23 ** Ivica Kostelić, Croatian alpine skier ** Kelly Brook, English actress and model * November 25 – Joel Kinnaman, Swedish-American actor * November 27 ** Ricky Carmichael, American motorcycle and stock car racer ** Hilary Hahn, American violinist * November 28 ** Dane Bowers, English singer-songwriter (Another Level (group), Another Level) ** Jamie Korab, Canadian curler ** Hakeem Seriki, African-American rapper (Chamillionaire) ** Daniel Henney, American actor and model * November 29 ** Simon Amstell, English comedian and writer ** Jayceon Taylor, American rapper (The Game (rapper), The Game) * November 30 ** Diego Klattenhoff, Canadian actor ** Andrés Nocioni, Argentinian basketball player


December

* December 2 ** Sabina Babayeva, Azerbaijani singer ** Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality * December 3 ** Daniel Bedingfield, English pop singer and songwriter ** Rock Cartwright, American football player ** Robby Mook, American former political campaign strategist and campaign manager ** Tiffany Haddish, American actress and comedian * December 7 ** Eric Bauza, Canadian comedian and voice actor ** Sara Bareilles, American singer, songwriter and pianist ** Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress ** Jennifer Carpenter, American actress * December 8 – Ingrid Michaelson, American indie pop singer-songwriter * December 10 – Keiko Nemoto, Japanese voice actress * December 11 – Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * December 12 ** Emin Agalarov, Azerbaijani-Russian singer-songwriter and businessman ** Barulaganye Bolofete, Botswana footballer * December 14 ** Chris Cheng, American sport shooter ** Michael Owen, English footballer * December 15 ** Adam Brody, American actor ** Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young, Canadian wrestler ** Lee Carr, African-American singer and songwriter * December 16 ** Trevor Immelman, South African golfer ** Brodie Lee, American professional wrestler (d. 2020) ** Daniel Narcisse, French handball player ** Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer and musician * December 17 **Jaimee Foxworth, American actress and model **Erion Veliaj, Albanian politician, Mayor of Tirana * December 19 ** Kevin Devine, American songwriter and musician ** Paola Rey, Colombian actress and model ** Tara Summers, English actress * December 20 ** Flávio Amado, Flávio, Angolan footballer ** Ramón Rodríguez (actor), Ramon Rodriguez, Puerto Rican actor * December 21 – Rutina Wesley, American actress * December 22 – Petra Majdič, Slovene cross-country skier * December 23 ** Jacqueline Bracamontes, Mexican actress and beauty contest winner (Nuestra Belleza México 2000) ** Kenny Miller, Scottish football player * December 25 – Ferman Akgül, vocalist of Turkish nu-metal band Manga (band), maNga * December 26 ** Chris Daughtry, American singer and guitarist ** Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper * December 28 ** James Blake (tennis), James Blake, American tennis pro ** André Holland, American actor ** Bree Williamson, Canadian actress ** B-Tight, Robert Edward Davis, German-American rapper ** Zach Hill, American drummer (Death Grips) * December 29 - Diego Luna, Mexican actor *December 30 ** Milana Terloeva, Chechen journalist and author ** Yelawolf, American rapper * December 31 ** Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance) ** Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress ** Josh Hawley, American politician, United States Senate, U.S. Senator (Republican Party (United States), R-Missouri, MO) from 2019


Deaths


January

* January 3 – Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887) * January 4 – Vincent Korda, Hungarian art director (b. 1897) * January 5 ** Billy Bletcher, American actor (b. 1894) ** Charles Mingus, American musician (b. 1922) * January 11 – Jack Soo, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1917) * January 13 – Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945) * January 15 – Charles W. Morris, American philosopher and semiotician (b. 1901) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
– Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932) * January 22 – Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian Leader of Black September and mastermind of the 1972 Munich Massacre (b. 1940) * January 26 – Nelson Rockefeller, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908) * January 27 – Victoria Ocampo, Argentine publisher, writer and critic (b. 1890)


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
** William H. Brockman Jr., United States Navy admiral (b. 1904) ** Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and human rights activist (b. 1929) * February 2 ** Issa Pliyev, Soviet general (b. 1903) ** Sid Vicious, English musician (b. 1957) * February 7Josef Mengele, German officer and physician (b. 1911) * February 10 ** Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia), Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)) ** Karl von Eberstein, German politician (b. 1894) * February 12 – Jean Renoir, French film director and actor (b. 1894) * February 14 – Reginald Maudling, British politician (b. 1917) *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 *1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons o ...
– William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905) * February 20 – Nereo Rocco, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1912) * February 25 – Henrich Focke, German aviation pioneer (b. 1890)


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
** Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician (b. 1903) ** Dolores Costello, American actress (b. 1903) * March 15 – Léonide Massine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1896) *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arab ...
– Marjorie Daw (actress), Marjorie Daw, American actress (b. 1902) *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...
– Richard Beckinsale, British actor (b. 1947) *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelred ...
– Ben Lyon, American actor (b. 1901) * March 24 – Yvonne Mitchell, English actress (b. 1915) * March 26 – Jean Stafford, American writer (b. 1915) *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. *1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of V ...
– Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra, Sultan of Kelantan and 6th King of Malaysia (b. 1917) *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. * 1282 &nda ...
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Airey Neave Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, (;) (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1953 until his assassination in 1979. During World War II he was the first British prisoner-of-war to ...
, British politician (assassinated) (b. 1916) ** José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuadorian politician, 24th President of Ecuador (b. 1893)


April

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April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
** Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan and 4th President of Pakistan (executed) (b. 1928) ** Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903) *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
– Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911) *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrares ...
– Hassan Pakravan, Iranian diplomat (b. 1911) * April 19 – Wilhelm Bittrich, German ''Waffen SS'' general (b. 1894) *
April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in sout ...
Blair Peach Clement Blair Peach (25 March 1946 – 24 April 1979) was a New Zealand teacher who was killed during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, London, England. A campaigner and activist against the far right, in April 1979 Peach took part in a ...
, New Zealand-born, British teacher (b. 1946) * April 24 – John Carroll (actor), John Carroll, American actor (b. 1906) * April 27 – Phan Huy Quát, 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1908)


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 &ndas ...
– Morteza Motahhari, Iranian cleric and politician (b. 1919) * May 2 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) * May 6 – Milton Ager, American songwriter (b. 1893) * May 8 – Talcott Parsons, American sociologist (b. 1902) * May 11 ** Joan Chandler, American actress (b. 1923) ** Barbara Hutton, American socialite (b. 1912) * May 13 – Predrag Đajić, Bosnian Serb and Yugoslavs, Yugoslav association football, footballer (b. 1922) * May 14 – Jean Rhys, Dominican novelist (b. 1890) * May 16 – A. Philip Randolph, African-American civil rights activist (b. 1889) *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. *1153 – ...
– Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Mauritanian military officer, second Prime Minister of Mauritania (b. 1934) * May 29 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress and producer (b. 1892)


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
** Ján Kadár, Czechoslovakian film director (b. 1918) ** Jack Mulhall, American actor (b. 1887) *
June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...
- Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934) * June 5 – Heinz Erhardt, German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet (b. 1909) * June 6 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897) * June 8 - Reinhard Gehlen, German general, 20 July Plotter (b. 1902) * June 9 - Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884) * June 11 ** John Wayne, American Academy Award-winning actor and film director (b. 1907) ** Loren Murchison, American Olympic athlete (b. 1898) * June 13 – Darla Hood, American actress (b. 1931) * June 16 – Nicholas Ray, American film director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1911) *
June 22 Events Pre-1600 * 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. *168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
– Louis Chiron, Monacan Grand Prix driver (b. 1899) * June 25 – Dave Fleischer, American animator (b. 1894) * June 26 – Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, List of heads of state of Ghana, Head of state (1969–1970) (b. 1936) * June 28 – Philippe Cousteau, French diver and cinematographer (b. 1940) * June 29 – Lowell George, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (b. 1945)


July

* July 2 – Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer (b. 1899) *
July 3 Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolu ...
– Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888) * July 4 – Theodora Kroeber, American writer and anthropologist (b. 1897) * July 6 ** Antonio María Barbieri, Uruguay Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1892) ** Van McCoy, American musician noted for his 1975 hit "The Hustle (song), The Hustle" (b. 1940) *
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
** Elizabeth Ryan, American 30 Grand Slam (tennis) Tennis Champion (b. 1892) ** Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) ** Michael Wilding (actor), Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912) ** Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) * July 10 – Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (''Boston Pops'') (b. 1894) *
July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– Minnie Riperton, American rhythm and blues singer (''Lovin' You'') (b. 1947) * July 13 – Corinne Griffith, American actress and author (b. 1894) *
July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 &ndash ...
** Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 49th President of Mexico, 1964-1970 (b. 1911) ** Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet (b. 1892) * July 16 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912) *
July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damas ...
– Edward Akufo-Addo, Ghanese politician and lawyer, 5th President of Ghana (b. 1906) * July 20 – Herbert Butterfield, Sir Herbert Butterfield, English philosopher and historian (b. 1900) * July 22 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929) *
July 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. * 1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, ...
– George Seaton, American screenwriter and director (b. 1911) * July 29 – Herbert Marcuse, German-American philosopher, sociologist and political theorist (b. 1898)


August

* August 2 ** Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician, founder and leader of American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, APRA party (b. 1895) ** Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947) *
August 3 Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor ...
– Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and Liberal politician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (b. 1899) *
August 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. *1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
– Feodor Lynen, German biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911) *
August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
– Walter O'Malley, American baseball executive (b. 1903) *
August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: The ...
** Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910) ** Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi, Afghan politician, 9th Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1921) * August 12 – Ernst Chain, German-born British biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) * August 16 – John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) *
August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/ 310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909) * August 19 – Saad Jumaa, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1916) * August 21 – Stuart Heisler, American film and television director (b. 1896) * August 24 ** Ahmad Daouk, Lebanese politician, 12th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1892) ** Hanna Reitsch, German aviator (b. 1912) * August 25 – Stan Kenton, American jazz pianist (b. 1911) * August 26 ** Alvin Karpis, American criminal (b. 1907) ** Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908) *
August 27 Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. *1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England. *1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kam ...
– Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British Viceroy of India (assassinated) (b. 1900) * August 30 (body found on September 8) – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938) * August 31 – Sally Rand, American dancer (b. 1904)


September

* September 1 – Doris Kenyon, American actress (b. 1897) * September 2 – Felix Aylmer, British actor (b. 1889) * September 5 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1884) * September 9 – Norrie Paramor, British music producer (b. 1914) * September 10 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (b. 1922) * September 16 ** Giò Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer and artist (b. 1891) ** Rob Slotemaker, Indonesian-born, Dutch Formula 1 racing car driver (b. 1929) *
September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin b ...
** Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, Sultan of Terengganu and 4th King of Malaysia (b. 1907) ** Ludvík Svoboda, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895) * September 22 ** Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani journalist and philosopher (b. 1903) ** Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born British physicist (b. 1904) * September 24 – Carl Laemmle Jr., American film studio executive (b. 1908) * September 25 – Yury Kovalyov, Soviet footballer (b. 1934) * September 26 ** John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell, American film director and actor (b. 1887) ** Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910) * September 27 ** Gracie Fields, British actress (b. 1898) ** Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish guitarist (Paul McCartney & Wings) (b. 1953) *
September 29 Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. * 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, a ...
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Francisco Macías Nguema Francisco Macías Nguema ( Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea ...
, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (executed) (b. 1924) ** Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian composer (b. 1893)


October

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October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwi ...
– Dorothy Arzner, American film director (b. 1897) * October 6 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (b. 1911) * October 9 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan revolutionary communist politician, journalist and writer (b. 1917) *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 121 ...
– Jacob L. Devers, American army general (b. 1887) *
October 16 Events Pre-1600 * 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. * 9 ...
– Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (b. 1903) * October 18 – Virgilio Piñera, Cuban author, playwright and poet (b. 1912) * October 22 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887) * October 23 – Antonio Caggiano, Argentine cardinal (b. 1889) * October 25 ** Maphevu Dlamini, 2nd Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1922) ** Gerald Templer, British field marshal (b. 1898) * October 26
Park Chung-hee Park Chung-hee (, ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the dictator of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1961 ...
, Korean politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (assassinated) (b. 1917) *
October 27 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as a ...
– Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-born American priest and controversial conservative radio show commentator (b. 1891) * October 30 ** Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer (b. 1887) ** Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)


November

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November 1 Events Pre-1600 *365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Albert Préjean, French actor (b. 1894) ** Mamie Eisenhower, 34th First Lady of the United States (b. 1896) *
November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. *1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the ...
Jacques Mesrine Jacques Mesrine (; 28 December 1936 – 2 November 1979) was a French criminal responsible for numerous murders, bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France, the US, and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison and made i ...
, French criminal; known as the "French Robin Hood" (b. 1936) * November 5 ** Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909) ** Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (b. 1907) * November 8 – Yvonne de Gaulle, French political wife of former President of France Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900) * November 11 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian film composer (b. 1894) * November 17 – Immanuel Velikovsky, Russian author and psychiatrist (b. 1895) * November 23 ** Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911) ** Judee Sill, American singer and songwriter (b. 1944) * November 26 – Marcel L'Herbier, French movie-maker (b. 1888) * November 30 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)


December

* December 3 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (b. 1905) * December 5 – Sonia Delaunay, Russian-born French artist (b. 1885) * December 7 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900) * December 9 – Fulton J. Sheen, American Roman Catholic bishop and venerable (b. 1895) * December 10 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911) * December 11 – James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1904) * December 13 – Jon Hall (actor), Jon Hall, American actor (b. 1915) * December 15 – Ethel Lackie, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1907) * December 16 – Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani jazz musician (b. 1940) * December 21 – Ermindo Onega, Argentine footballer (b. 1940) * December 22 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer (b. 1902) * December 23 ** Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898) ** Ernest B. Schoedsack, American film producer and director (b. 1893) * December 24 – Rudi Dutschke, German radical student leader (b. 1940) * December 25 ** Joan Blondell, American actress (b. 1906) ** Lee Bowman, American actor (b. 1914) * December 26 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (b. 1898) * December 27 – Hafizullah Amin, 2nd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, People's Democratic Party and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan), Revolutionary Council (b. 1929) * December 28 – Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1904) * December 30 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam, Steven Weinberg * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Herbert C. Brown, Georg Wittig * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Allan MacLeod Cormack, Godfrey Hounsfield * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Odysseas Elytis * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Mother Teresa * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Theodore Schultz, W. Arthur Lewis


Media

* The ''Doctor Who'' story ''City of Death'' is set in 1979, its year of broadcast. * The events of the 2011 science fiction film ''Super 8 (2011 film), Super 8'' take place during 1979. * 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, an interactive drama video game released in 2016, based on the events of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.


References


Further reading

* Caryl, Christian, ''Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century'' (2013), 1979 as worldwide turning point
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* Facts on File. ''Facts on File Yearbook: 1979'' (1980) weekly factual report on events worldwide. * Hodson, H.V. ''Annual Register of World Events 1979'' (1980), in-depth coverage of major countries * Paxton, John, ed. ''Statesman's Yearbook 1978–1979'' (1980), statistical details on all countries {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 1979,