What happened in 1979?

Iranian Revolution

Major Events · Tehran, Iran

Mass protests topple the Shah, and Iran is declared an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Major Events · Kabul, Afghanistan

The USSR invades Afghanistan to support its communist government, beginning a costly decade-long war.

Soviet-Afghan War

Wars & Conflicts

1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents

Sino-Vietnamese War

Wars & Conflicts

War between the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War

Wars & Conflicts · Tanzania

1978–1979 armed conflict in East Africa

Fall of Kampala

Wars & Conflicts · Kampala

Battle in the Uganda–Tanzania War, April 1979

Battle of Bir Anzarane

Wars & Conflicts · Bir Anzarane

1979 battle

Battle of Lukaya

Wars & Conflicts · Lukaya

1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War

Battle of Paveh

Wars & Conflicts · Paveh

Battle part of the 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran

Battle of Cao Bằng

Wars & Conflicts · Cao Bằng

1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War

Battle of Lạng Sơn

Wars & Conflicts · Lạng Sơn

1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War

Battle of Tichla

Wars & Conflicts · Tichla

1979 battle

Battle of Tan-Tan

Wars & Conflicts · Tan-Tan

1979 battle

Battle of Al Mahbes

Wars & Conflicts · Mahbes

1979 battle

Battle of Lào Cai

Wars & Conflicts · Lào Cai

1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War

Battle of Đồng Đăng

Wars & Conflicts · Đồng Đăng

1979 initial phase of the battle of Lạng Sơn during the Sino–Vietnamese War

Battle of N'Djamena

Wars & Conflicts · N'Djamena

1979 confrontation in the Chadian Civil War

Battle of Mutukula

Wars & Conflicts · Mutukula

Battle fought in January 1979 during the Uganda-Tanzania War

Battle of Entebbe

Wars & Conflicts · Entebbe

1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War

Battle of Masaka

Wars & Conflicts · Masaka

Battle fought in February 1979 during the Uganda-Tanzania War

Battle of Smara

Wars & Conflicts · Smara

1979 battle of the Western Sahara War

Battle of Móng Cái

Wars & Conflicts · Móng Cái

1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War

Battle of Sembabule

Wars & Conflicts

1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War

Battle of Karuma Falls

Wars & Conflicts · Karuma Falls

1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War

Battle of Bombo

Wars & Conflicts · Bombo

Battle of Bombo was fought in April 1979 at the town of Bombo, Uganda, between Tanzanian forces and Ugandan troops

Battle of Bondo

Wars & Conflicts · Bondo

1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War

Battle of Lira

Wars & Conflicts · Lira

1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War

Battle of Jinja

Wars & Conflicts · Jinja

Battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 22 April 1979

Battle of Tororo

Wars & Conflicts · Tororo

1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War

Marichjhapi massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Marichjhanpi Island

Forcible eviction in 1979 of Bangladeshi refugees on Marichjhapi island in Sundarban, West Bengal, and the subsequent death of around thousands by police gunfire, starvation, and disease

Salvadoran Civil War

Wars & Conflicts · El Salvador

13 year 1979-1992 civil war in El Salvador

Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Middle East

Indirect conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Aleppo Artillery School massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Aleppo

1979 sectarian killing in Syria

Kerala massacre

Wars & Conflicts

Incident in refugee camps

Tajbeg Palace assault

Wars & Conflicts · Tajbeg Palace

1979 Soviet assassination of Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin

Arab Cold War

Wars & Conflicts · Arab world

Period of political rivalry in the Arab world

Warrenpoint ambush

Wars & Conflicts · Narrow Water Castle

Guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on 27 August 1979

Bala Hissar uprising

Wars & Conflicts · Kabul

1979 insurrection attempt in Kabul, Afghanistan

Chindawol uprising

Wars & Conflicts · Kabul

1979 insurrection in Old Kabul

Operation Dada Idi

Wars & Conflicts · Uganda

1979 military offensive in Tanzania

Razorback Blockade

Wars & Conflicts

1979 Australian transport industrial campaign

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Politics & Government

Two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union

Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty

Politics & Government

1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Bonn Convention

Politics & Government

Treaty

1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état

Politics & Government · Malabo

Military overthrow of President Francisco Macías Nguema

Operation Caban

Politics & Government · Central African Empire

1979 military operation in French Central Africa

Treaty of Tarawa

Politics & Government · Tarawa

Treaty ceding U.S. islands to Kiribati

1979 Salvadoran coup d'état

Politics & Government · El Salvador

Coup d'état in El Salvador

Lagos Accord

Politics & Government · Lagos

Peace treaty of Chad

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities

Politics & Government · Vienna

1980 treaty

Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979

Politics & Government · Geneva

International Labour Organization Convention

José María Velasco Ibarra died

People · Quito

President of Ecuador (1934 - 1935) / (1944 - 1947) / (1952 - 1956) / (1960 - 1961) / (1968 - 1972)

Roman Ghirshman died

People · Budapest

French archaeologist (1895-1979)

Dennis Gabor died

People · London

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography

Shinichiro Tomonaga died

People · Tokyo

Japanese physicist (1906-1979)

Giulio Natta died

People · Bergamo

Italian chemist

Robert Burns Woodward died

People · Cambridge

American chemist

John Wayne died

People · Westwood

American actor (1907–1979)

Mary Pickford died

People · Santa Monica

Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)

Sid Vicious died

People · Manhattan

English bassist (1957–1979)

Jean Renoir died

People · Beverly Hills

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

Roger Jean Heim died

People · Paris

French botanist (1900–1979)

Antonio Aranda died

People · Madrid

Spanish military officer (1888–1979)

Georges Jean Marie Darrieus died

People · Houilles

French aerospace engineer (1888–1979)

Ernst Chain died

People · Castlebar

Jewish-German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

Talcott Parsons died

People · Munich

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin died

People · Cambridge

British-born American astronomer

Israel Brodie died

People · Newcastle upon Tyne

British orthodox chief rabbi

Elias Barzilai died

People · Athens

Chief Rabbi of Athens during the Holocaust

Gladys del Estal Ferreño died

People · Tudela

Spanish ecologist born in Venezuela who was murdered in protest in Navarra

Sándor Kocsis died

People · Barcelona

Hungarian footballer

Nino Rota died

People · Rome

Italian composer

Charles Mingus died

People · Mexico

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979)

Nicholas Ray died

People · New York City

American film director (1911-1979)

Darryl F. Zanuck died

People · Palm Springs

American film producer (1902–1979)

Jean Seberg died

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

American actress (1938–1979)

Joan Blondell died

People · Santa Monica

American actress (1906–1979)

Larisa Shepitko died

People · Tver Oblast

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979)

François Fontan died

People · Cuneo

French politician

Julio Barrenechea died

People · Santiago

Chilean writer, politician, and diplomat

Otto Robert Frisch died

People · Cambridge

Austrian-born British nuclear physicist

Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth died

People · Heidelberg

German astronomer (1892–1979)

Pier Luigi Nervi died

People · Rome

Italian engineer (1891-1979)

Zeppo Marx died

People · Palm Springs

American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)

Katharine Burr Blodgett died

People · Schenectady

American physicist (1898-1979)

Walter Gerlach died

People · Munich

German physicist (1889-1979)

Helmut Hasse died

People · Ahrensburg

German mathematician (1898–1979)

Barnes Wallis died

People · Leatherhead

English scientist, engineer and inventor (1887-1979)

Philippe Cousteau died

People · Alverca do Ribatejo

French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)

Lionel Greenstreet died

People · West Sussex

Last survivor of the Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition

Robert Alexander Falla died

People · Eastbourne

New Zealand ornithologist and museum director (1901–1979)

Younis Bahri died

People · Baghdad

Iraqi traveler, journalist and author, who mastered over 17 languages

Mick Leahy died

People · Toowoomba

Australian explorer (1901-1979)

Hermann von Wissmann died

People · Zell am See

German-Austrian explorer of Arabia (1885–1979)

Metin Yüksel died

People · Istanbul

Turkish Islamist activist (1958–1979)

Lucie Chevalley died

People · 14th arrondissement of Paris

French social activist and Righteous Among the Nations

Juana de J. Sarmiento died

People · Sabanalarga

Colombian politician, activist (1899-1979)

Sante Pollastro died

People · Novi Ligure

Italian bandit

Marvella Bayh died

People · National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

American politician and cancer advocate

Iñaki Kijera Zelarain died

People · San Sebastián

Basque protester

Nereo Rocco died

People · Trieste

Italian football manager (1912–1979)

Dolores Costello died

People · Fallbrook

American actress (1903–1979)

Dimitri Tiomkin died

People · London

Ukrainian and American composer

Corinne Griffith died

People · Santa Monica

American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979)

Minnie Riperton died

People · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

American singer (1947–1979)

Henrich Focke died

People · Bremen

German aviation pioneer (1890–1979)

Georgy Beriev died

People · Moscow

Soviet aerospace engineer (1903–1979)

Carlo Abarth died

People · Vienna

Automobile engineer, designer and racecar driver (1908-1979)

Walther Müller died

People · Walnut Creek

German physicist (1905–1979)

Ľudmila Pajdušáková died

People · Vysoké Tatry

Slovak astronomer (1916-1979)

Waloddi Weibull died

People · Annecy

Swedish mathematician (1887-1979)

Margaret Harwood died

People · Boston

American astronomer

Aksel Berg died

People · Moscow

Soviet scientist and admiral (1893-1979)

Marjorie Lee Browne died

People · Durham

American mathematician, educator (1914–1979)

Beatrice Hicks died

People · Princeton

Engineer from the United States

Heinrich Behnke died

People · Münster

German mathematician (1898–1979)

Carlyle Smith Beals died

People · Ottawa

Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)

John F. Seitz died

People · Woodland Hills

American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979)

Josef Kotin died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian engineer (1908-1979)

Charles Ehresmann died

People · Amiens

French mathematician (1905-1979)

Ivan Stranski died

People · Sofia

Bulgarian chemist

Gheorghe Vrănceanu died

People · Bucharest

Romanian topologist

Rob Slotemaker died

People · Zandvoort

Dutch racing driver (1929–1979)

Dmitry Blokhintsev died

People · Dubna

Soviet physicist and university teacher (1908-1979)

Andrei Markov died

People · Moscow

Soviet mathematician (1903-1979)

Reinhold Baer died

People · Zurich

German mathematician (1902–1979)

Johann Nikuradse died

People · Göttingen

German physicist (1894–1979)

André Couder died

People · Suresnes

French optical engineer and astronomer (1897–1979)

Leif Erland Andersson died

People · Vinberg parish

Swedish astronomer (1943–1979)

Raffaele Bendandi died

People · Faenza

Italian clockmaker (1893-1979)

Ida Rolf died

People · New York City

American biochemist, creator of Rolfing (1896–1979)

Richard Vogt died

People · Santa Barbara

German engineer and aircraft designer

Hub van Doorne died

People · Deurne

Dutch businessman (1900–1979)

Hermann Arthur Jahn died

People · Southampton

English scientist (1907–1979)

Percy Wyn-Harris died

People · Petersfield

Governor of Gambia

Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree died

People · Carmel-by-the-Sea

American botanist, botanical collector, taxonomist and explorer (1879-1979)

Emma Kaufman died

People · Toronto

Canadian YWCA member and philanthropist

Isaac Delano died

People · Ifo Local Goverment Area

Nigerian writer and political activist (1904-1979)

Tapio Rautavaara died

People · Oulunkylä

Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor

Stan Kenton died

People · Los Angeles

American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979)

Yvonne Mitchell died

People · London

British actress (1915–1979)

Jack Haley died

People · Los Angeles

American stage, radio and film actor (1898–1979)

John Cromwell died

People · Santa Barbara

American actor, director and producer (1886/7–1979)

Leonid Bykov died

People · Vyshhorod Raion

Ukrainian soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1928-1979)

George Brent died

People · Solana Beach

Irish-American actor (1899-1979)

Ita Rina died

People · Budva

Slovenian actress (1907-1979)

David Butler died

People · Arcadia

American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and television director (1894-1979)

Dany Dauberson died

People · Marseille

French singer (1925–1979)

Léonide Massine died

People · Cologne

Ballet dancer (1896–1979)

Rebecca Clarke died

People · New York City

English composer and violist (1886–1979)

Donny Hathaway died

People · New York City

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)

Ernest B. Schoedsack died

People · Los Angeles

American film director, cinematographer, producer, and photographer (1893-1979)

Gracie Fields died

People · Capri

British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)

Ann Dvorak died

People · Honolulu

American actress (1911–1979)

Jocelyne LaGarde died

People · Papeete

French Polynesian actor (1924-1979)

Ted Cassidy died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1932-1979)

Paul Dessau died

People · Königs Wusterhausen

German composer and conductor (1894-1979)

Catherine Hessling died

People · La Celle-Saint-Cloud

French actress (1900-1979)

Amedeo Nazzari died

People · Rome

Italian actor (1907–1979)

Edgar Buchanan died

People · Palm Desert

American actor (1903–1979)

Ben Lyon died

People · Honolulu

American actor (1901-1979)

Bruno Apitz died

People · East Berlin

German writer (1900-1979)

Heinz Erhardt died

People · Hamburg

German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)

Billy Bletcher died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1894-1979)

Michael Wilding died

People · London

English television and film actor (1912-1979)

William Gargan died

People · New York

American actor (1905-1979)

Charlotte Mineau died

People · Los Angeles

Actress (1886-1979)

Maurizio Arena died

People · Rome

Italian actor (1933–1979)

Paul Meurisse died

People · Neuilly-sur-Seine

French actor (1912-1979)

Albert Préjean died

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

French actor (1894–1979)

Dick Foran died

People · Panorama City

American actor (1910-1979)

Loren Murchison died

People · Lakewood

Olympic athlete (1898-1979)

Doris Kenyon died

People · Beverly Hills

American actress (1897–1979)

Blue Mitchell died

People · Los Angeles

American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979)

Tawakkol Karman born

People · Ta'izz

Born in Ta'izz. Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979).

Hermione Granger born

People · England

Born in England. Fictional character from the Harry Potter stories.

Siti Nurhaliza born

People · Kampung Awah

Born in Kampung Awah. Malaysian singer, actress, and model.

Leo Varadkar born

People · Dublin

Born in Dublin. Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024..

Jennifer Love Hewitt born

People · Waco

Born in Waco. American actress and singer.

Roberta Metsola born

People · St. Julian's

Born in St. Julian's. President of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979).

Tim Cahill born

People · Sydney

Born in Sydney. Australian association football player.

Kevin Hart born

People · Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia. American comedian and actor (born 1979).

Alice Weidel born

People · Gütersloh

Born in Gütersloh. German politician (born 1979), AfD.

Nika Melia born

People · Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi. Georgian politician (born 1979).

Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland born

People · Stockholm Palace

Born in Stockholm Palace. Swedish prince, son of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Daniel Tammet born

People · London

Born in London. British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant.

Pete Doherty born

People · Hexham

Born in Hexham. English musician, actor and poet (born 1979).

Dan Balan born

People · Chișinău

Born in Chișinău. Moldovan singer.

Emilie Autumn born

People · Los Angeles

Born in Los Angeles. American musician.

Ararat Mirzoyan born

People · Yerevan

Born in Yerevan. Armenian politician.

Lea Ypi born

People · Tirana

Born in Tirana. Albanian philosopher and professor of political theory at the London School of Economics.

Adrian Zandberg born

People · Aalborg

Born in Aalborg. Polish historian, politician and computer programmer.

Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu died

People · Kuala Terengganu

Died in Kuala Terengganu. 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Yahya Petra of Kelantan died

People · Kuala Lumpur

Died in Kuala Lumpur. Sultan of Kelantan (1917–1979).

Josef Stangl died

People · Schweinfurt

Died in Schweinfurt. German bishop (1907-1979).

Regino Pedroso died

People · Havana

Died in Havana. Cuban writer (1896-1979).

University of Lapland

Science & Technology

University in Rovaniemi, Finland

Vela incident

Science & Technology

1979 unidentified double flash of light

Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope

Science & Technology

Observatory

Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant

Science & Technology

Nuclear power plant

Homs University

Science & Technology

University in Syria

University of León

Science & Technology

University in Spain

Al-Mustafa International University

Science & Technology

University of Islamic and Human Sciences

Belleville Nuclear Power Plant

Science & Technology

Nuclear power plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, France

Incheon National University

Science & Technology

University in Incheon, South Korea

University of Tuscia

Science & Technology

University in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy

Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique

Science & Technology

International research organisation

Bishkek Humanities University

Science & Technology

Public university in Kyrgyzstan

University of Beira Interior

Science & Technology

Public university located in Covilhã, Portugal

Full Sail University

Science & Technology

Private, for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida

University of Curaçao

Science & Technology

State university of Curaçao

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Science & Technology

Public university and academic publisher in Brazil

University of La Sabana

Science & Technology

Colombian private university

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Science & Technology

University in Malaysia

University of Mazandaran

Science & Technology

University in Babolsar, Iran

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Science & Technology · Downtown Montreal

Architecture museum and research institute in Montreal, Quebec

Mangosuthu University of Technology

Science & Technology

University in Durban, South Africa

Budi Luhur University

Science & Technology

Private university in Indonesia

Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice

Science & Technology

Organization

Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility

Science & Technology

NASA facility in Houston, Texas

Bleien Radio Observatory

Science & Technology

University of Cassino

Science & Technology

Italian university

Politeknik Negeri Bandung

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Bandung, Indonesia

Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Science & Technology

University in Enugu, Nigeria

Open University of China

Science & Technology

Public university in Beijing, China

Navajo Technical University

Science & Technology

University

Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University

Science & Technology

Academic publisher

Pangasinan State University

Science & Technology

Public university in Pangasinan province, Philippines

BESSY

Science & Technology

German synchrotron

Aga Khan Hospital for Women

Science & Technology

Hospital in Karimabad, Pakistan

Chadwick Arboretum

Science & Technology · Ohio State University

Botanical garden

Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute

Science & Technology

Botany research institute in India

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Science & Technology

Medical research institute, semi-autonomous institute of the University of Ghana, nonprofit organization in Accra, Ghana

Daejeon University

Science & Technology

University in Youngun-dong, South Korea

Faculty of Medicine Al-Azhar University Girls Branch Cairo

Science & Technology

School of Medicine Al-Azhar

Woosuk University

Science & Technology

Private university in South Korea

DHBW Karlsruhe

Science & Technology

Higher education institution

Al Imam Al Ouzai University

Science & Technology

Education organization in Beirut, Lebanon

Førde Central Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Norway

Calvary Public Hospital Bruce

Science & Technology

Hospital in Canberra, Australia

Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in India

Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana

Science & Technology

Mexican university

University of Cienfuegos

Science & Technology

University

Universidad Icesi

Science & Technology

Higher Education Institution of Cali, Colombia

Independence University

Science & Technology

Online university

University of Library and Information Science

Science & Technology

Former university established in Japan

Latin University of Costa Rica

Science & Technology

Private university in Costa Rica

Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque

Science & Technology

Catholic School in Parañaque, Philippines

Patriot Bible University

Science & Technology

Unaccredited Christian correspondence school

Tajik State Institute of Languages

Science & Technology · Dushanbe

Academic institution in Tajikistan

Guilin University of Aerospace Technology

Science & Technology

University in Guilin, China

Institute for Museum Research

Science & Technology

Research institute

Sultan Qaboos Hospital Salalah

Science & Technology

Hospital in Oman

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Science & Technology

Teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Mirwais Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Ayub Medical College

Science & Technology

Public medical institute located in Abbottabad, Pakistan

Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chennai

Science & Technology

Hospital in India

Inverclyde Royal Hospital

Science & Technology · Greenock

District general hospital in Greenock, Scotland

Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan

Science & Technology

Other organization in Mitaka-shi, Japan

Hospital de Faro

Science & Technology

Public hospital in Faro, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical

Science & Technology

Science institute in Portugal

Jardim Botânico do Recife

Science & Technology

Museum in Brazil

Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park Ryokka Center

Science & Technology

Park with botanical garden located at Wakayama, Japan

Yokohama Children's Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Toyama Science Museum

Science & Technology

Archive organization in Toyama, Japan

South Siberian Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Korean National Police University

Science & Technology

Police academy in South Korea

Meru University of Science and Technology

Science & Technology

Public university in Kenya

State Polytechnic of Malang

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Malang, Indonesia

University of Alicante

Science & Technology

Spanish university

University of Cádiz

Science & Technology

Spanish public university

Savoy Mont Blanc University

Science & Technology

University in France

St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola

Science & Technology

University in North-Macedonia

Eastern Mediterranean University

Science & Technology · Famagusta

Higher-education institution of technology for Turkish Cypriots

University of Perpignan

Science & Technology

French public university located in Perpignan; established in 1979

University of Toulon

Science & Technology

French public university created in 1979 in Toulon, France

Islamic University, Bangladesh

Science & Technology

Bangladeshi public university

Northwest Indian College

Science & Technology

Lummi tribal college in Bellingham, Washington, US

Claremont Institute

Science & Technology

American conservative think tank

Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro

Science & Technology

Public polytechnic in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria

Military Medical Academy

Science & Technology

Healthcare organization in Cairo, Egypt

Valley View University

Science & Technology

Private higher-education institution in Ghana

Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Science & Technology

University in South Korea

Polytechnic Institute of Viseu

Science & Technology

Academic publisher

The King's University

Science & Technology

Private christian university in Edmonton, Canada

Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi

Science & Technology · Bauchi State

Tertiary Institution in Nigeria

Hunan University of Technology

Science & Technology

Hunan University, China. Five campuses and 37,907 and 1,276 graduate students

Polytechnic Institute of Beja

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Beja, Portugal

Bethlehem Bible College

Science & Technology

College in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre

Science & Technology

University in Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Setubal, Portugal

Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Science & Technology

Federal university in Rio de Janeiro, rated with 4 stars by General Course Index in Brazil (2010)

Inje University

Science & Technology

University in Gimhae, South Korea

Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg

Science & Technology

Jewish studies college in Heidelberg, Germany

Dong-Pusan College

Science & Technology

1979–2020 university in South Korea

Naj Tunich

Exploration & Discovery

Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Guatemala

Tengiz Field

Exploration & Discovery

Oil field in Kazakhstan

Ketef Hinnom scrolls

Exploration & Discovery

Archaeological artefact

Achelous

Exploration & Discovery

Crater on Ganymede

Haithabu 1

Exploration & Discovery

Viking longship

Cherkasy Zoo

Exploration & Discovery

Zoo in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Nabatake Site

Exploration & Discovery

Archaeological site in Japan

Yamato 791197

Exploration & Discovery

Meteorite found in Antarctica

Yerphal Caves

Exploration & Discovery

Caves near Umbraj, Maharashtra, India

Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave

Exploration & Discovery · Landesmuseum Württemberg

Ancient ivory carving

D'Orbigny meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Angrite, volcanic meteorite

1979 Yugoslav Mount Everest expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Mount Everest

First West Ridge ascent of Mount Everest

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vienna Islamic Centre

Religion & Belief Systems

The largest mosque in Austria

Jumeirah Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hechal Yehuda Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Tel Aviv, Israel

Yue Fei Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple near West Lake in Hangzhou, China, dedicated to the Song general Yue Fei

Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

St. John the Baptist Cathedral, San Juan

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in San Juan, Argentina

Darussalam Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

20th-century mosque in Singapore

Iranian Mosque, Satwa

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Al Satwa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Polish Catholic Cathedral of Virgin Mary the Queen of the Apostles in Częstochowa

Religion & Belief Systems

Ponsonby Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Ponsonby

Mosque in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation du Barroux

Religion & Belief Systems

Abbey located in Vaucluse, in France

Congregation Ahavath Chesed

Religion & Belief Systems

Reform Jewish synagogue in Florida, US

Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies

Religion & Belief Systems

Major Hindu Temple in Colorado

Madonna delle Fontane Sanctuary

Religion & Belief Systems

Sanctuary in the Italian municipality of Casaletto Ceredano

Church of Nigeria

Religion & Belief Systems

Nigerian Anglican church

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Religion & Belief Systems · Edinburgh

Church building repurposed as a cinema, in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in California, United States of America

Saint Michael Cathedral, Guanhães

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Guanhães

North Pole Mountain Zhenwu Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Sanchi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Jiali Jia-an Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taipei Hean Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Kòe-káng-á Hok-an Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Huwei Tsz Huei Tang

Religion & Belief Systems

Miramax

Economy & Trade · Toronto

American film and TV company

Seagate Technology

Economy & Trade · Cupertino

American data storage company

Inmarsat

Economy & Trade · London

Satellite communications company

Dell EMC

Economy & Trade · Hopkinton

American technology company

Gartner

Economy & Trade · Stamford

Company

3Com

Economy & Trade · Marlborough

Company

Richemont

Economy & Trade · Bellevue

Swiss holding company

Ryohin Keikaku

Economy & Trade · Toshima

Japanese retail company

BBC Worldwide

Economy & Trade · London

Former subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (1979–2018)

Strategic Simulations

Economy & Trade · Sunnyvale

American video game developer and publisher

Symbolics

Economy & Trade · Concord

Defunct American computer company

Infocom

Economy & Trade · Cambridge

American company

Gloria Jean's Coffees

Economy & Trade · Castle Hill

American-Australian retail coffeehouse chain

Jumbo

Economy & Trade · Veghel

Dutch supermarket chain

National Bank of Canada

Economy & Trade · 600 De La Gauchetière Ouest

Commercial bank in Canada

Teradata

Economy & Trade · San Diego

American software company

Rinspeed

Economy & Trade · Zumikon

Automobile manufacturer

Lotte Department Store

Economy & Trade · Seoul

South Korean department store chain

G&L Musical Instruments

Economy & Trade · Fullerton

American manufacturer of guitars

REMA 1000

Economy & Trade · Oslo

Supermarket chain

Millicom

Economy & Trade · Luxembourg

Luxembourgish multinational telecommunications and media company

Seattle Computer Products

Economy & Trade · Seattle

Company

Santa Cruz Operation

Economy & Trade · Santa Cruz

Software company based in Santa Cruz, California

Ingram Micro

Economy & Trade · Irvine

Company

TaylorMade Golf Company

Economy & Trade · Carlsbad

Golf equipment manufacturer

Stardust Promotion

Economy & Trade · Okinawa

Japanese talent agency

Access

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Company

Cerner

Economy & Trade · North Kansas City

American company

Hacienda Nápoles

Economy & Trade · Antioquia

Estate belonging to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar

Blu Products

Economy & Trade · Doral

Mobile phone manufacturer headquartered in Miami, FL (United States).

Expeditors International

Economy & Trade · Seattle

American worldwide logistics and freight forwarding company

Tandberg

Economy & Trade · Lysaker

Manufacturer of videoconferencing systems

Shoprite

Economy & Trade · Brackenfell

Africa's largest food retailer

MGA Entertainment

Economy & Trade · Los Angeles

Company

J D Wetherspoon

Economy & Trade · Watford

British pub chain

Videocon

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

Indian Electronics Company

Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland

Economy & Trade · Ireland

1979 papal visit

Drobles plan

Economy & Trade · West Bank

1979 Montenegro earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

April 1979 earthquake in SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia

1979 Tumaco earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake near Colombia and Peru

1979 Bali earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Indonesia

1979 Imperial Valley earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

1979 Petatlán earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Mexico

1979 Coyote Lake earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake at Coyote Lake, California

1979 Yapen earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Papua Province, Indonesia

1979 Ghaenat earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake sequence in Iran

1979 Easter flood

Disasters & Pandemics · Madison County

Severe weather event in Mississippi, US

1979 Dieng eruption

Disasters & Pandemics · Dieng

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia

1979 Saint Elias earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Alaska

Iran hostage crisis

Disasters & Pandemics · Tehran

1979–1981 diplomatic standoff between the US and Iran

Grand Mosque Seizure

Disasters & Pandemics · Mecca

Islamists' terrorist action, 1979

assassination of Park Chung-hee

Disasters & Pandemics · Blue House

Assassination of the president of South Korea in 1979

Atlanta murders of 1979–1981

Disasters & Pandemics · Atlanta

Series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia

1979 Nahariya attack

Disasters & Pandemics · Nahariya

Attack in Palestina

Ixtoc I oil spill

Disasters & Pandemics · Gulf of Mexico

1979-80 industrial disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

Greensboro massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Greensboro

Massacre

murder of Tammy Alexander

Disasters & Pandemics · Caledonia

Homicide of American girl

assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Disasters & Pandemics · Mullaghmore Peninsula

1979 bomb attack in Dublin, Ireland

Cleveland Elementary School shooting

Disasters & Pandemics · San Diego

January 1979 school shooting in San Diego, California, USA

murder of Shanda Sharer

Disasters & Pandemics

American murder case

Murder of Debra Jackson

Disasters & Pandemics · Georgetown

Murder case

1979 Warsaw gas explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Warsaw

1979 gas explosion in Rotunda building (Warsaw, Poland)

Dangrek genocide

Disasters & Pandemics · Cambodia–Thailand border

1979 Thai-Cambodian border incident

Hotel Corona de Aragón fire

Disasters & Pandemics

Intentional fire in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

assassination of Airey Neave

Disasters & Pandemics · City of Westminster

1979 murder in City of Westminister, London

July 1979 Madrid bombings

Disasters & Pandemics · Madrid

Series of terrorist attacks with explosives by ETA

May 1979 Madrid bombing

Disasters & Pandemics · Madrid

Terrorist incident in Spain

Robert Boulin case

Disasters & Pandemics · Rompu pond

Assassination of Ahmet Benler

Disasters & Pandemics · The Hague

1979 murder in The Hague, Netherlands

Mitsubishi Bank sporting gun kidnapping

Disasters & Pandemics · Sumiyoshi-ku

murder of Michelle Martinko

Disasters & Pandemics · Cedar Rapids

Murder of American high school student Michelle Martinko

1979 Herat uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Herat Province

Rebellion in Afghanistan

1979 Khuzestan uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Khuzestan Province

Arab nationalist uprising in southwest Iran after the revolution

Kaohsiung Incident

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kaohsiung

1979 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan

Black Monday

Social Movements & Revolutions · Valletta

1979 rally turned riot in Malta

Herman Hill riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Wichita

Riot in Wichita, Kansas, United States

1979 Turkmen rebellion in Iran

Social Movements & Revolutions · Golestan Province

1979 rebellion

1979 Tselinograd events

Social Movements & Revolutions · Astana

Ayatollah Shariatmadari Movement

Social Movements & Revolutions · Tehran

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium

Sabah Al Salem Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Kuwait city

Tovuz City Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Tovuz, Azerbaijan

Church of St Joan of Arc

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Seine-Maritime, in France

Stadion Stanovi

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Zadar, Croatia

Danie Craven Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Stellenbosch

Rugby stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Split

Architecture & Engineering · Lokve

Church in Split, Croatia

Gausvik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Harstad, Norway

Ningineer Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Matsuyama

Building in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Strindheim Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trondheim, Norway

Myre Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Øksnes, Norway

United Park

Architecture & Engineering · Drogheda

Football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland

Bryne Church

Architecture & Engineering · Bryne

Church building in Time, Rogaland, Norway

Stade Paul Julius Bénard

Architecture & Engineering · Cambaie

Saint-Paul's (city) stadium

Finnsnes Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Lenvik, Norway

Stovner Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oslo, Norway

Ronaldão

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Poços de Caldas, Brazil

Cheongju Baseball Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Baseball stadium in Cheongju

Chuncheon Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Gangwon-do, South Korea

Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Mixco, Guatemala

The Rowan Tree Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Washington, United States

Skogmo Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Brønnøy, Norway

Torentje van Drienerlo

Architecture & Engineering · University of Twente

Public artwork by Wim T. Schippers

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Chhattisgarh, India

Yamagata City Athletic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Christian Cultural Center

Architecture & Engineering

Church in New York, United States

W.W. Thorne Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

American football and soccer venue in Houston, Texas

Tel Afek

Architecture & Engineering

Archaeological site in Israel

Chongsheng Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Chongsheng Temple, Fujian, China

Strathcona Science Provincial Park

Architecture & Engineering

Provincial park in Alberta, Canada

Mecca Gate

Architecture & Engineering · Mecca

Landmark at Jeddah–Makkah Highway

Rear-front Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Magnitogorsk, Russia

Defenders of the Polish Post Office Monument in Gdańsk

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Gdańsk, Poland

equestrian statue of Alexander Suvorov

Architecture & Engineering

Public forum monument in Moldova, former monument of art and historical of national importance

Ivan Krylov museum

Architecture & Engineering

Museum

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Architecture & Engineering · Tashkent

Monument in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

To sailors of the Dnieper Flotilla

Architecture & Engineering · Kyiv

Mechelen-Zuid Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering · Mechelen-Zuid

Water tower, Telecommuncatins tower in Mechelen, Belgium

Stroitel Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia

Surp Hovhan Vosgeperan Church

Architecture & Engineering

Armenian church in Turkey

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

United States National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts

Veterans Memorial Park

Architecture & Engineering

park in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5406107

Karađorđe Monument, Belgrade

Architecture & Engineering · Vračar plateau

Monument in Belgrade, Serbia

Monument to Polish Endeavor

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Szczecin, Poland

Monument to Heroes of the Black Sea Fleet Squadron in Sevastopol

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Sevastopol

Visim Museum of Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak

Architecture & Engineering · Visim

Museum in Visim, Russia

Ostroukhov house-museum

Architecture & Engineering

Historic site, historic building, exhibition hall in Arbat District, Russia

Woodstock '79

Sports & Entertainment · Madison Square Garden

1979 music festival

1979 Cannes Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Cannes

32nd Cannes Film Festival

Gothenburg Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Gothenburg

Annual film festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden

Havana Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Havana

Film festival in Cuba

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Clermont-Ferrand

Annual film festival held in Clermont-Ferrand, Frankreich

National Bowl

Sports & Entertainment · Milton Keynes

Concert stage in Milton Keynes, UK

Durban International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Durban

Annual film festival held in Durban, South Africa

Manaki Brothers Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Bitola

Annual international film festival in Macdedonia

Three Continents Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Nantes

Film festival

29th Berlin International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin

1979 film festival edition

billar World Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium

Snooker world cup

Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Annual film festival held in Alexandria, Egypt

Kyiv National Academic Molodyi Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Kyiv

Youth theatre in Kyiv, Ukraine

36th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

1979 film festival edition

Leofoo Village Theme Park

Sports & Entertainment

Amusement park in Guanxi, Hsinchu County, Taiwan

National Theater of Cuba

Sports & Entertainment

Provinssi

Sports & Entertainment · Törnävä

Rock music festival in Seinäjoki, Finland

Damascus International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Damascus

Film festival

20 Kilomètres de Paris

Sports & Entertainment · Paris

Road running event in Paris, France

Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema

Sports & Entertainment · Biarritz

International film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz

Walibi Rhône-Alpes

Sports & Entertainment

Amusement park in France

11th Moscow International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Moscow

Film festival

Amiens International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Amiens

Annual film festival held in Amiens, France

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Montpellier

Annual film festival held in Montpellier, France

Nippon Seinenkan

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Tokyo, Japan

Beverly Hills Playhouse

Sports & Entertainment

Acting school with theaters and training facilities in Beverly Hills, California, and other U. S. cities

Sanremo Music Festival 1979

Sports & Entertainment · Teatro Ariston

Italian song contest (29th edition)

Freihofer's Run for Women

Sports & Entertainment · Albany

Road running competition in Albany, New York

Festival Berlioz

Sports & Entertainment

Classical music festival in La Côte-Saint-André, France

Grasshopper Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Zurich

Squash tournament in Switzerland

Aspen Shortsfest

Sports & Entertainment · Aspen

Short film festival in Aspen, Colorado

The English Theatre Frankfurt

Sports & Entertainment

English-speaking theatre in Frankfurt am Main

The Comedy Store

Sports & Entertainment · Soho

Comedy club in London

Øster Gasværk Teater

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark

Golden Sparrow - German Children's Film and Media Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Erfurt

Annual film festival held in Gera and Erfurt, Germany

Linzer Klangwolke

Sports & Entertainment · Donaulände Linz

Annual open-air multimedia musical festival in Linz, Austria

Telluride Mountainfilm Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Telluride

Annual film festival held in Telluride, USA

Biberach Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Biberach an der Riß

Annual film festival held in Biberach, Germany

Folkest

Sports & Entertainment · Friuli Venezia Giulia

Galician Rally Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Galicia

Zaporizhzhia Academic Youth Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Zaporizhzhia

Festivalny

Sports & Entertainment

Concert hall in Sochi, Russia

New Wolsey Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Ipswich, England

1979 Toronto International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Toronto

1979 film festival edition

Dakar Rally

Sports & Entertainment · Saudi Arabia

Off-road rally raid

National League

Sports & Entertainment

Association football league in England

1979 Mediterranean Games

Sports & Entertainment · Split

8th edition of the Mediterranean Games

1979 Summer Universiade

Sports & Entertainment · Mexico City

Multi-sport event in Mexico City, Mexico

Ecuador Open

Sports & Entertainment · Quito

Tennis tournament

1979 UEFA Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Rajko Mitić Stadium

Association football match

1979 Southeast Asian Games

Sports & Entertainment · Jakarta

10th Southeast Asian Games

Stockholm Marathon

Sports & Entertainment · Stockholm

Annual marathon running competition in Stockholm, Sweden

1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · St. Jakob-Park

Football match

Skate America

Sports & Entertainment · United States

Annual international figure skating competition

NHK Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Japan

International figure skating tournament by NHK

Australian Goldfields Open

Sports & Entertainment · Bendigo

Snooker tournament

1979 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Vienna

Figure skating competition

Tbilisoba

Sports & Entertainment

Harvest festival in Tbilisi, Georgia

1979 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Sheffield

Snooker tournament

African Badminton Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Africa

Badminton championships

1979 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Zagreb

Figure skating competition

1979 Masters

Sports & Entertainment · London

Snooker tournament

athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade

Sports & Entertainment · Mexico City

International athletics championship event

1979 UK Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Preston

Snooker tournament

1979 South Pacific Games

Sports & Entertainment · Suva

Overview about the South Pacific Games in 1979

athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Sports & Entertainment · Split

Athletics of 1979,Mediterranean Games

1979 Copa del Rey Final

Sports & Entertainment · Vicente Calderón Stadium

Football match

Winterlude

Sports & Entertainment

Annual winter festival held in Canada's National Capital Region

Tolly Cobbold Classic

Sports & Entertainment · Ipswich

Snooker tournament

Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt

Sports & Entertainment · Eberstadt

German high jump competition in Eberstadt (1979–2018)

Cascade Cycling Classic

Sports & Entertainment

Competitive multi-stage bicycle road race, held every July in Bend, Oregon

water polo at the 1979 Pan American Games

Sports & Entertainment · San Juan

International sporting event

Bombay International

Sports & Entertainment · Mumbai

Snooker tournament

1979 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Augsburg

Figure skating competition

1979 Cricket World Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Lord's Cricket Ground

2nd International Cricket World Cup.

Nigeria National League

Sports & Entertainment

Nigerian football national league

Indian cricket team in England in 1979

Sports & Entertainment · England

International cricket tour

Pittsburgh Open

Sports & Entertainment · Pittsburgh

Women's tennis tournament played from 1979 to 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franken Challenge

Sports & Entertainment · Fürth

German tennis tournament

1979 NHK Trophy

Sports & Entertainment · Yoyogi National Gymnasium

Figure skating competition

1979 Skate America

Sports & Entertainment · Herb Brooks Arena

Figure skating competition

Lorraine Open

Sports & Entertainment · Metz

French tennis tournament

Foulée blanche

Sports & Entertainment · Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors

Annual cross-country skiing race in the Vercors, France

Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival

Sports & Entertainment

1979 Soviet Cup Final

Sports & Entertainment · Luzhniki Stadium

Football match

Saharan Ksour Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Tataouine

Annual festival held in Tataouine, Tunisia

Welsh Golf Classic

Sports & Entertainment · Wales

Professional tournament on the European Tour from 1979 to 1982

1979 DFB-Pokal Final

Sports & Entertainment · Niedersachsenstadion

Association football match

1979 Holsten Lager International

Sports & Entertainment · Slough

Snooker tournament

Iran founded

Empires & Countries · Tehran

Iran was founded, with its capital at Tehran.

Kiribati founded

Empires & Countries · South Tarawa

Kiribati was founded, with its capital at South Tarawa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines founded

Empires & Countries · Kingstown

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was founded, with its capital at Kingstown.

Saint Lucia founded

Empires & Countries · Castries

Saint Lucia was founded, with its capital at Castries.

Democratic Kampuchea dissolved

Empires & Countries · Phnom Penh

Democratic Kampuchea ceased to exist, having been centered at Phnom Penh.

Pahlavi Iran dissolved

Empires & Countries · Tehran

Pahlavi Iran ceased to exist, having been centered at Tehran.

Central African Empire dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bangui

Central African Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Bangui.

Second Nigerian Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Abuja

Second Nigerian Republic was founded, with its capital at Abuja.

Canton of Jura founded

Empires & Countries · Delémont

Canton of Jura was founded, with its capital at Delémont.

People's Republic of Kampuchea founded

Empires & Countries · Phnom Penh

People's Republic of Kampuchea was founded, with its capital at Phnom Penh.

Zimbabwe Rhodesia founded

Empires & Countries · Harare

Zimbabwe Rhodesia was founded, with its capital at Harare.

Talossa founded

Empires & Countries

Talossa was founded.

Independent State of Rainbow Creek founded

Empires & Countries

Independent State of Rainbow Creek was founded.

Persian Empire dissolved

Empires & Countries · Tehran

Persian Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Tehran.

Pahlavi dynasty dissolved

Empires & Countries · Tehran

Pahlavi dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Tehran.