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A comprehensive overview of the year 1979 in various topics, such as events, births, deaths, Nobel Prizes, media, and more. Learn about the historical and cultural events that shaped the world in 1979, such as the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the International Year of the Child.
- 1979 in India
January to June. 1 January – Vidya Balan, actress. 3 January...
- 1979 in the United States
February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm...
- 1979 in the United Kingdom
3 May – 1979 general election. 4 May – The Conservatives win...
- 1979 in India
January to June. 1 January – Vidya Balan, actress. 3 January – Gul Panag, actress. Bipasha Basu. 7 January – Bipasha Basu, actress and model. 16 January – Climax Lawrence, footballer. 2 February – Shamita Shetty, actress. 26 February – Premgi Amaren, playback singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian.
1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It saw major events such as the Iranian Revolution, the SALT II agreement, the Three Mile Island accident, and the birth of many famous people.
February 13 – The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. February 14 – In Kabul, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs, who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
3 May – 1979 general election. 4 May – The Conservatives win the General Election by a 44-seat majority and Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is the most notable MP to lose his seat in the election.
1979 ( MCMLXXIX) byl rok, který dle gregoriánského kalendáře započal pondělím. OSN tento rok vyhlásila jako Mezinárodní rok dítěte . 1979. Doprava. 1979 v loďstvech. 1979 v dopravě. 1979 v letectví. Kultura.
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January 7, 1979 (Sunday) Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, fell to the Vietnamese Army and the Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, bringing an end to the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the nationwide genocide of the rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
