What happened in 1979?
407 recorded events in 1979, including 141 in people, 70 in science & technology and 44 in sports & entertainment.
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Major Events 2
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Iranian Revolution
Mass protests topple the Shah, and Iran is declared an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The USSR invades Afghanistan to support its communist government, beginning a costly decade-long war.
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Wars & Conflicts 27
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Soviet-Afghan War
1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents
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Sino-Vietnamese War
War between the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1979
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Uganda–Tanzania War
1978–1979 armed conflict in East Africa
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Fall of Kampala
Battle in the Uganda–Tanzania War, April 1979
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Battle of Bir Anzarane
1979 battle
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Battle of Lukaya
1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War
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Battle of Paveh
Battle part of the 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
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Battle of Cao Bằng
1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War
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Battle of Lạng Sơn
1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War
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Battle of Tichla
1979 battle
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Battle of Tan-Tan
1979 battle
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Battle of Al Mahbes
1979 battle
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Battle of Lào Cai
1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War
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Battle of Đồng Đăng
1979 initial phase of the battle of Lạng Sơn during the Sino–Vietnamese War
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Battle of N'Djamena
1979 confrontation in the Chadian Civil War
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Battle of Mutukula
Battle fought in January 1979 during the Uganda-Tanzania War
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Battle of Entebbe
1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War
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Battle of Masaka
Battle fought in February 1979 during the Uganda-Tanzania War
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Battle of Smara
1979 battle of the Western Sahara War
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Battle of Móng Cái
1979 battle of the Sino-Vietnamese War
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Battle of Sembabule
1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War
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Battle of Karuma Falls
1979 battle of the Uganda-Tanzania War
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Battle of Bombo
Battle of Bombo was fought in April 1979 at the town of Bombo, Uganda, between Tanzanian forces and Ugandan troops
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Battle of Bondo
1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War
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Battle of Lira
1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War
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Battle of Jinja
Battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 22 April 1979
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Battle of Tororo
1979 battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War
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Politics & Government 9
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union
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Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
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Bonn Convention
Treaty
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1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
Military overthrow of President Francisco Macías Nguema
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Operation Caban
1979 military operation in French Central Africa
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Treaty of Tarawa
Treaty ceding U.S. islands to Kiribati
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1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
Coup d'état in El Salvador
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Lagos Accord
Peace treaty of Chad
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Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities
1980 treaty
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People 141
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José María Velasco Ibarra died
President of Ecuador (1934 - 1935) / (1944 - 1947) / (1952 - 1956) / (1960 - 1961) / (1968 - 1972)
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Roman Ghirshman died
French archaeologist (1895-1979)
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Dennis Gabor died
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography
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Shinichiro Tomonaga died
Japanese physicist (1906-1979)
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Giulio Natta died
Italian chemist
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Robert Burns Woodward died
American chemist
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John Wayne died
American actor (1907–1979)
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Mary Pickford died
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
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Sid Vicious died
English bassist (1957–1979)
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Jean Renoir died
French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)
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Roger Jean Heim died
French botanist (1900–1979)
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Antonio Aranda died
Spanish military officer (1888–1979)
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Georges Jean Marie Darrieus died
French aerospace engineer (1888–1979)
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Ernst Chain died
Jewish-German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)
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Talcott Parsons died
American sociologist (1902 – 1979)
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Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin died
British-born American astronomer
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Israel Brodie died
British orthodox chief rabbi
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Elias Barzilai died
Chief Rabbi of Athens during the Holocaust
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Gladys del Estal Ferreño died
Spanish ecologist born in Venezuela who was murdered in protest in Navarra
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Sándor Kocsis died
Hungarian footballer
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Nino Rota died
Italian composer
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Charles Mingus died
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979)
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Nicholas Ray died
American film director (1911-1979)
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Darryl F. Zanuck died
American film producer (1902–1979)
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Jean Seberg died
American actress (1938–1979)
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Joan Blondell died
American actress (1906–1979)
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Larisa Shepitko died
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979)
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François Fontan died
French politician
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Julio Barrenechea died
Chilean writer, politician, and diplomat
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Otto Robert Frisch died
Austrian-born British nuclear physicist
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Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth died
German astronomer (1892–1979)
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Pier Luigi Nervi died
Italian engineer (1891-1979)
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Zeppo Marx died
American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)
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Katharine Burr Blodgett died
American physicist (1898-1979)
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Walter Gerlach died
German physicist (1889-1979)
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Helmut Hasse died
German mathematician (1898–1979)
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Barnes Wallis died
English scientist, engineer and inventor (1887-1979)
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Philippe Cousteau died
French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979)
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Lionel Greenstreet died
Last survivor of the Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition
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Robert Alexander Falla died
New Zealand ornithologist and museum director (1901–1979)
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Younis Bahri died
Iraqi traveler, journalist and author, who mastered over 17 languages
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Mick Leahy died
Australian explorer (1901-1979)
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Hermann von Wissmann died
German-Austrian explorer of Arabia (1885–1979)
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Metin Yüksel died
Turkish Islamist activist (1958–1979)
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Lucie Chevalley died
French social activist and Righteous Among the Nations
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Juana de J. Sarmiento died
Colombian politician, activist (1899-1979)
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Sante Pollastro died
Italian bandit
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Marvella Bayh died
American politician and cancer advocate
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Iñaki Kijera Zelarain died
Basque protester
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Nereo Rocco died
Italian football manager (1912–1979)
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Dolores Costello died
American actress (1903–1979)
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Dimitri Tiomkin died
Ukrainian and American composer
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Corinne Griffith died
American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979)
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Minnie Riperton died
American singer (1947–1979)
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Henrich Focke died
German aviation pioneer (1890–1979)
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Georgy Beriev died
Soviet aerospace engineer (1903–1979)
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Carlo Abarth died
Automobile engineer, designer and racecar driver (1908-1979)
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Walther Müller died
German physicist (1905–1979)
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Ľudmila Pajdušáková died
Slovak astronomer (1916-1979)
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Waloddi Weibull died
Swedish mathematician (1887-1979)
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Margaret Harwood died
American astronomer
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Aksel Berg died
Soviet scientist and admiral (1893-1979)
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Marjorie Lee Browne died
American mathematician, educator (1914–1979)
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Beatrice Hicks died
Engineer from the United States
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Heinrich Behnke died
German mathematician (1898–1979)
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Carlyle Smith Beals died
Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)
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John F. Seitz died
American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979)
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Josef Kotin died
Russian engineer (1908-1979)
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Charles Ehresmann died
French mathematician (1905-1979)
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Ivan Stranski died
Bulgarian chemist
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Gheorghe Vrănceanu died
Romanian topologist
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Rob Slotemaker died
Dutch racing driver (1929–1979)
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Dmitry Blokhintsev died
Soviet physicist and university teacher (1908-1979)
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Andrei Markov died
Soviet mathematician (1903-1979)
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Reinhold Baer died
German mathematician (1902–1979)
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Johann Nikuradse died
German physicist (1894–1979)
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André Couder died
French optical engineer and astronomer (1897–1979)
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Leif Erland Andersson died
Swedish astronomer (1943–1979)
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Raffaele Bendandi died
Italian clockmaker (1893-1979)
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Ida Rolf died
American biochemist, creator of Rolfing (1896–1979)
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Richard Vogt died
German engineer and aircraft designer
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Hub van Doorne died
Dutch businessman (1900–1979)
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Hermann Arthur Jahn died
English scientist (1907–1979)
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Percy Wyn-Harris died
Governor of Gambia
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Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree died
American botanist, botanical collector, taxonomist and explorer (1879-1979)
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Emma Kaufman died
Canadian YWCA member and philanthropist
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Isaac Delano died
Nigerian writer and political activist (1904-1979)
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Tapio Rautavaara died
Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor
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Stan Kenton died
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979)
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Yvonne Mitchell died
British actress (1915–1979)
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Jack Haley died
American stage, radio and film actor (1898–1979)
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John Cromwell died
American actor, director and producer (1886/7–1979)
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Leonid Bykov died
Ukrainian soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1928-1979)
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George Brent died
Irish-American actor (1899-1979)
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Ita Rina died
Slovenian actress (1907-1979)
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David Butler died
American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and television director (1894-1979)
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Dany Dauberson died
French singer (1925–1979)
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Léonide Massine died
Ballet dancer (1896–1979)
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Rebecca Clarke died
English composer and violist (1886–1979)
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Donny Hathaway died
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
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Ernest B. Schoedsack died
American film director, cinematographer, producer, and photographer (1893-1979)
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Gracie Fields died
British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)
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Ann Dvorak died
American actress (1911–1979)
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Jocelyne LaGarde died
French Polynesian actor (1924-1979)
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Ted Cassidy died
American actor (1932-1979)
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Paul Dessau died
German composer and conductor (1894-1979)
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Catherine Hessling died
French actress (1900-1979)
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Amedeo Nazzari died
Italian actor (1907–1979)
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Edgar Buchanan died
American actor (1903–1979)
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Ben Lyon died
American actor (1901-1979)
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Bruno Apitz died
German writer (1900-1979)
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Heinz Erhardt died
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
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Billy Bletcher died
American actor (1894-1979)
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Michael Wilding died
English television and film actor (1912-1979)
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William Gargan died
American actor (1905-1979)
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Charlotte Mineau died
Actress (1886-1979)
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Maurizio Arena died
Italian actor (1933–1979)
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Paul Meurisse died
French actor (1912-1979)
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Albert Préjean died
French actor (1894–1979)
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Dick Foran died
American actor (1910-1979)
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Loren Murchison died
Olympic athlete (1898-1979)
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Doris Kenyon died
American actress (1897–1979)
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Blue Mitchell died
American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979)
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Tawakkol Karman born
Born in Ta'izz. Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979).
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Hermione Granger born
Born in England. Fictional character from the Harry Potter stories.
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Siti Nurhaliza born
Born in Kampung Awah. Malaysian singer, actress, and model.
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Leo Varadkar born
Born in Dublin. Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2024..
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Jennifer Love Hewitt born
Born in Waco. American actress and singer.
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Roberta Metsola born
Born in St. Julian's. President of the European Parliament since 2022 (born 1979).
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Tim Cahill born
Born in Sydney. Australian association football player.
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Kevin Hart born
Born in Philadelphia. American comedian and actor (born 1979).
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Alice Weidel born
Born in Gütersloh. German politician (born 1979), AfD.
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Nika Melia born
Born in Tbilisi. Georgian politician (born 1979).
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Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland born
Born in Stockholm Palace. Swedish prince, son of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Daniel Tammet born
Born in London. British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant.
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Pete Doherty born
Born in Hexham. English musician, actor and poet (born 1979).
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Dan Balan born
Born in Chișinău. Moldovan singer.
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Emilie Autumn born
Born in Los Angeles. American musician.
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Ararat Mirzoyan born
Born in Yerevan. Armenian politician.
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Lea Ypi born
Born in Tirana. Albanian philosopher and professor of political theory at the London School of Economics.
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Adrian Zandberg born
Born in Aalborg. Polish historian, politician and computer programmer.
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Science & Technology 70
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University of Lapland
University in Rovaniemi, Finland
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Vela incident
1979 unidentified double flash of light
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Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
Observatory
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Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant
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Homs University
University in Syria
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University of León
University in Spain
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Al-Mustafa International University
University of Islamic and Human Sciences
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Belleville Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, France
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Incheon National University
University in Incheon, South Korea
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University of Tuscia
University in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
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Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique
International research organisation
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Bishkek Humanities University
Public university in Kyrgyzstan
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University of Beira Interior
Public university located in Covilhã, Portugal
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Full Sail University
Private, for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida
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University of Curaçao
State university of Curaçao
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Public university and academic publisher in Brazil
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University of La Sabana
Colombian private university
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Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
University in Malaysia
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University of Mazandaran
University in Babolsar, Iran
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Canadian Centre for Architecture
Architecture museum and research institute in Montreal, Quebec
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Mangosuthu University of Technology
University in Durban, South Africa
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Budi Luhur University
Private university in Indonesia
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Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice
Organization
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Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility
NASA facility in Houston, Texas
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Bleien Radio Observatory
Bleien Radio Observatory (Science & Technology).
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University of Cassino
Italian university
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Politeknik Negeri Bandung
Higher education institution in Bandung, Indonesia
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Enugu State University of Science and Technology
University in Enugu, Nigeria
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Open University of China
Public university in Beijing, China
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Navajo Technical University
University
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Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
Academic publisher
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Pangasinan State University
Public university in Pangasinan province, Philippines
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BESSY
German synchrotron
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Aga Khan Hospital for Women
Hospital in Karimabad, Pakistan
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Chadwick Arboretum
Botanical garden
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Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute
Botany research institute in India
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Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Medical research institute, semi-autonomous institute of the University of Ghana, nonprofit organization in Accra, Ghana
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Daejeon University
University in Youngun-dong, South Korea
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Faculty of Medicine Al-Azhar University Girls Branch Cairo
School of Medicine Al-Azhar
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Woosuk University
Private university in South Korea
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DHBW Karlsruhe
Higher education institution
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Al Imam Al Ouzai University
Education organization in Beirut, Lebanon
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Førde Central Hospital
Hospital in Norway
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Calvary Public Hospital Bruce
Hospital in Canberra, Australia
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Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
Hospital in India
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Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana
Mexican university
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University of Cienfuegos
University
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Universidad Icesi
Higher Education Institution of Cali, Colombia
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Independence University
Online university
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University of Library and Information Science
Former university established in Japan
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Latin University of Costa Rica
Private university in Costa Rica
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Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque
Catholic School in Parañaque, Philippines
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Patriot Bible University
Unaccredited Christian correspondence school
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Tajik State Institute of Languages
Academic institution in Tajikistan
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Guilin University of Aerospace Technology
University in Guilin, China
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Institute for Museum Research
Research institute
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Sultan Qaboos Hospital Salalah
Hospital in Oman
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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
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Mirwais Hospital
Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan
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Ayub Medical College
Public medical institute located in Abbottabad, Pakistan
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Government Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chennai
Hospital in India
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Inverclyde Royal Hospital
District general hospital in Greenock, Scotland
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Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan
Other organization in Mitaka-shi, Japan
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Hospital de Faro
Public hospital in Faro, Portugal
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Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical
Science institute in Portugal
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Jardim Botânico do Recife
Museum in Brazil
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Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park Ryokka Center
Park with botanical garden located at Wakayama, Japan
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Yokohama Children's Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Toyama Science Museum
Archive organization in Toyama, Japan
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South Siberian Botanical Garden
South Siberian Botanical Garden (Science & Technology).
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Exploration & Discovery 11
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Naj Tunich
Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Guatemala
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Tengiz Field
Oil field in Kazakhstan
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Ketef Hinnom scrolls
Archaeological artefact
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Achelous
Crater on Ganymede
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Haithabu 1
Viking longship
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Cherkasy Zoo
Zoo in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
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Nabatake Site
Archaeological site in Japan
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Yamato 791197
Meteorite found in Antarctica
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Yerphal Caves
Caves near Umbraj, Maharashtra, India
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Adorant from the Geißenklösterle cave
Ancient ivory carving
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D'Orbigny meteorite
Angrite, volcanic meteorite
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Religion & Belief Systems 15
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Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Vienna Islamic Centre
The largest mosque in Austria
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Jumeirah Mosque
Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Hechal Yehuda Synagogue
Synagogue in Tel Aviv, Israel
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Yue Fei Temple
Temple near West Lake in Hangzhou, China, dedicated to the Song general Yue Fei
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Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai
Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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St. John the Baptist Cathedral, San Juan
Church in San Juan, Argentina
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Darussalam Mosque
20th-century mosque in Singapore
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Iranian Mosque, Satwa
Mosque in Al Satwa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Polish Catholic Cathedral of Virgin Mary the Queen of the Apostles in Częstochowa
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Ponsonby Mosque
Mosque in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
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Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation du Barroux
Abbey located in Vaucluse, in France
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Congregation Ahavath Chesed
Reform Jewish synagogue in Florida, US
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Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies
Major Hindu Temple in Colorado
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Madonna delle Fontane Sanctuary
Sanctuary in the Italian municipality of Casaletto Ceredano
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Economy & Trade 36
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Miramax
American film and TV company
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Seagate Technology
American data storage company
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Inmarsat
Satellite communications company
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Dell EMC
American technology company
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Gartner
Company
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3Com
Company
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Richemont
Swiss holding company
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Ryohin Keikaku
Japanese retail company
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BBC Worldwide
Former subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (1979–2018)
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Strategic Simulations
American video game developer and publisher
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Symbolics
Defunct American computer company
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Infocom
American company
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Gloria Jean's Coffees
American-Australian retail coffeehouse chain
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Jumbo
Dutch supermarket chain
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National Bank of Canada
Commercial bank in Canada
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Teradata
American software company
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Rinspeed
Automobile manufacturer
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Lotte Department Store
South Korean department store chain
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G&L Musical Instruments
American manufacturer of guitars
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REMA 1000
Supermarket chain
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Millicom
Luxembourgish multinational telecommunications and media company
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Seattle Computer Products
Company
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Santa Cruz Operation
Software company based in Santa Cruz, California
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Ingram Micro
Company
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TaylorMade Golf Company
Golf equipment manufacturer
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Stardust Promotion
Japanese talent agency
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Access
Company
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Cerner
American company
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Hacienda Nápoles
Estate belonging to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar
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Blu Products
Mobile phone manufacturer headquartered in Miami, FL (United States).
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Expeditors International
American worldwide logistics and freight forwarding company
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Tandberg
Manufacturer of videoconferencing systems
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Shoprite
Africa's largest food retailer
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MGA Entertainment
Company
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J D Wetherspoon
British pub chain
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Videocon
Indian Electronics Company
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Disasters & Pandemics 11
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1979 Montenegro earthquake
April 1979 earthquake in SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
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1979 Tumaco earthquake
Earthquake near Colombia and Peru
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1979 Bali earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia
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1979 Imperial Valley earthquake
Earthquake
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1979 Petatlán earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
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1979 Coyote Lake earthquake
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake at Coyote Lake, California
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1979 Yapen earthquake
Earthquake in Papua Province, Indonesia
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1979 Ghaenat earthquakes
Earthquake sequence in Iran
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1979 Easter flood
Severe weather event in Mississippi, US
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1979 Dieng eruption
Volcanic eruption in Indonesia
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1979 Saint Elias earthquake
Earthquake in Alaska
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Social Movements & Revolutions 6
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1979 Herat uprising
Rebellion in Afghanistan
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1979 Khuzestan uprising
Arab nationalist uprising in southwest Iran after the revolution
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Kaohsiung Incident
1979 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan
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Black Monday
1979 rally turned riot in Malta
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Herman Hill riot
Riot in Wichita, Kansas, United States
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1979 Turkmen rebellion in Iran
1979 rebellion
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Architecture & Engineering 27
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Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Stadium
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Sabah Al Salem Stadium
Stadium in Kuwait city
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Tovuz City Stadium
Stadium in Tovuz, Azerbaijan
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Church of St Joan of Arc
Church located in Seine-Maritime, in France
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Stadion Stanovi
Football stadium in Zadar, Croatia
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Danie Craven Stadium
Rugby stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Split
Church in Split, Croatia
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Gausvik Church
Church in Harstad, Norway
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Ningineer Stadium
Building in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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Strindheim Church
Church in Trondheim, Norway
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Myre Church
Church in Øksnes, Norway
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United Park
Football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland
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Bryne Church
Church building in Time, Rogaland, Norway
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Stade Paul Julius Bénard
Saint-Paul's (city) stadium
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Finnsnes Church
Church in Lenvik, Norway
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Stovner Church
Church in Oslo, Norway
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Ronaldão
Football stadium in Poços de Caldas, Brazil
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Cheongju Baseball Stadium
Baseball stadium in Cheongju
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Chuncheon Stadium
Stadium in Gangwon-do, South Korea
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Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala
Church in Mixco, Guatemala
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The Rowan Tree Church
Church building in Washington, United States
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Skogmo Chapel
Church in Brønnøy, Norway
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Torentje van Drienerlo
Public artwork by Wim T. Schippers
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Church in Chhattisgarh, India
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Yamagata City Athletic Stadium
Building in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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Christian Cultural Center
Church in New York, United States
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W.W. Thorne Stadium
American football and soccer venue in Houston, Texas
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Sports & Entertainment 44
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Woodstock '79
1979 music festival
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1979 Cannes Film Festival
32nd Cannes Film Festival
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Gothenburg Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Havana Film Festival
Film festival in Cuba
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Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Clermont-Ferrand, Frankreich
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National Bowl
Concert stage in Milton Keynes, UK
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Durban International Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Durban, South Africa
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Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Annual international film festival in Macdedonia
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Three Continents Festival
Film festival
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29th Berlin International Film Festival
1979 film festival edition
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billar World Cup
Snooker world cup
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Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Alexandria, Egypt
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Kyiv National Academic Molodyi Theatre
Youth theatre in Kyiv, Ukraine
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36th Venice International Film Festival
1979 film festival edition
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Leofoo Village Theme Park
Amusement park in Guanxi, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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National Theater of Cuba
National Theater of Cuba (Sports & Entertainment).
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Provinssi
Rock music festival in Seinäjoki, Finland
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Damascus International Film Festival
Film festival
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20 Kilomètres de Paris
Road running event in Paris, France
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Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema
International film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz
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Walibi Rhône-Alpes
Amusement park in France
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11th Moscow International Film Festival
Film festival
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Amiens International Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Amiens, France
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Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Montpellier, France
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Nippon Seinenkan
Theater in Tokyo, Japan
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Beverly Hills Playhouse
Acting school with theaters and training facilities in Beverly Hills, California, and other U. S. cities
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Sanremo Music Festival 1979
Italian song contest (29th edition)
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Freihofer's Run for Women
Road running competition in Albany, New York
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Festival Berlioz
Classical music festival in La Côte-Saint-André, France
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Grasshopper Cup
Squash tournament in Switzerland
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Aspen Shortsfest
Short film festival in Aspen, Colorado
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The English Theatre Frankfurt
English-speaking theatre in Frankfurt am Main
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The Comedy Store
Comedy club in London
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Øster Gasværk Teater
Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Golden Sparrow - German Children's Film and Media Festival
Annual film festival held in Gera and Erfurt, Germany
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Linzer Klangwolke
Annual open-air multimedia musical festival in Linz, Austria
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Telluride Mountainfilm Festival
Annual film festival held in Telluride, USA
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Biberach Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Biberach, Germany
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Folkest
Folkest (Sports & Entertainment).
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Galician Rally Championship
Galician Rally Championship (Sports & Entertainment).
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Zaporizhzhia Academic Youth Theatre
Theater in Zaporizhzhia
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Festivalny
Concert hall in Sochi, Russia
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New Wolsey Theatre
Theatre in Ipswich, England
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1979 Toronto International Film Festival
1979 film festival edition
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Empires & Countries 8
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Iran founded
Iran was founded, with its capital at Tehran.
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Kiribati founded
Kiribati was founded, with its capital at South Tarawa.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines founded
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was founded, with its capital at Kingstown.
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Saint Lucia founded
Saint Lucia was founded, with its capital at Castries.
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Democratic Kampuchea dissolved
Democratic Kampuchea ceased to exist, having been centered at Phnom Penh.
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Pahlavi Iran dissolved
Pahlavi Iran ceased to exist, having been centered at Tehran.
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Central African Empire dissolved
Central African Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Bangui.
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Second Nigerian Republic founded
Second Nigerian Republic was founded, with its capital at Q3787.
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