What Happened In April 1979 In History

Historical Events for April, 1979

• 1st » Iran becomes an Islamic republic Iranian Islamic Republic referendum, March 1979 named by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi called Shah.
• 4th » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• 10th » 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak e.g Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
• 11th » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1979

• 1st » Ivano Balić, Croatian handball player
• 2nd » Lindy Booth, Canadian-American actress
• 2nd » Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player (Maroon 5)
• 3rd » Grégoire (musician) or Grégoire, French singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Simon Black, Australian footballer
• 4th » Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (d. 2008)
• 4th » Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 4th » Andy McKee, American guitarist
• 4th » Jessica Napier, New Zealand-Australian actress
• 5th » Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
• 5th » Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
• 5th » Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist
• 5th » Dante Wesley, American football player
• 6th » Sam Atwell, Australian actor
• 6th » Eilen Jewell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 6th » Christine Smith (model) named Christine Smith, American model and actress
• 6th » Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier
• 7th » Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
• 7th » Patrick Crayton, American football player
• 7th » Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 7th » Robert Jozinović, Australian actor
• 7th » Anika Knudsen, American model
• 7th » Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 7th » Zbych Trofimiuk, Polish-Australian actor
• 8th » Raven (drag queen) named Raven, American drag queen performer
• 8th » Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
• 8th » Tom Kurzanski, American illustrator
• 8th » Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Impaled Nazarene, and Kylähullut)
• 8th » Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor (MDO (band) e.g MDO)
• 9th » Katsuni, French porn actress
• 9th » Billy Brandt, American porn actor
• 9th » Albina Dzhanabaeva, Russian singer and actress (Nu Virgos)
• 9th » Albert Hammond, Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Strokes)
• 9th » Keith Nobbs, American actor
• 9th » Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
• 9th » Jeff Reed (American football) e.g Jeff Reed, American football player
• 9th » Mark Ruiz, Puerto Rican diver
• 9th » Ben Silverstone, English actor and lawyer
• 10th » Iván Alonso, Uruguayan footballer
• 10th » Kenyon Coleman, American football player
• 10th » Shemekia Copeland, American singer
• 10th » Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
• 10th » Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids, J-Friends, and Toraji Haiji)
• 10th » Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter (Theaudience)
• 10th » Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
• 11th » Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and activist, Miss World Canada or Miss World Canada 2003
• 11th » Malcolm Christie, English footballer
• 11th » Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death from Above 1979)
• 11th » Martin Padar, Estonian martial artist
• 11th » Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
• 11th » Josh Server, American actor
• 11th » María Elena Swett, Chilean actress
• 12th » Claire Danes, American actress
• 12th » Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
• 12th » Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast
• 12th » Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
• 12th » Jennifer Morrison, American actress and producer
• 12th » Paul Nicholls (actor) named Paul Nicholls, English actor
• 12th » Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer
• 13th » Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player
• 13th » Baron Davis, American basketball player
• 13th » Tony Lundon, Irish singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (Liberty X)
• 13th » Síle Seoige, Irish television host
• 13th » Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
• 13th » Murat Yıldırım (actor) known as Murat Yıldırım, Turkish actor
• 14th » Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model
• 14th » Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer
• 14th » Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player
• 14th » Noé Pamarot, French footballer
• 16th » Christijan Albers, Dutch race car driver
• 16th » Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
• 16th » Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
• 16th » Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 16th » Sixto Peralta, Argentinian-English footballer
• 17th » Siddharth (actor) named Siddharth, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 17th » Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Sung Si-kyung, South Korean singer
• 18th » Michael Bradley (basketball) or Michael Bradley, American basketball player and coach
• 18th » Ethan Cohn, American actor
• 18th » Anthony Davidson, English race car driver
• 18th » Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer and actress
• 18th » Kourtney Kardashian, American model, actress, and businesswoman
• 18th » Matthew Upson, English footballer
• 18th » Karl Wolf, Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (Sky (Canadian band) e.g Sky)
• 19th » Rocky Bernard, American football player
• 19th » Kate Hudson, American actress and singer
• 19th » Zhao Junzhe, Chinese footballer
• 19th » Nicole Raczynski, American wrestler
• 19th » Antoaneta Stefanova, Bulgarian chess player
• 20th » Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer
• 20th » Nate Marquardt, American mixed martial artist
• 20th » Gregor Tait, Scottish swimmer
• 20th » Quinn Weng, Taiwanese singer (Seraphim (band) named Seraphim)
• 21st » Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer
• 21st » James McAvoy, Scottish actor
• 22nd » Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer
• 22nd » Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Silverchair and The Dissociatives)
• 23rd » Wu Di (renju player) e.g Wu Di, Chinese renju player
• 23rd » Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
• 23rd » Jaime King, American actress
• 23rd » Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and actress
• 23rd » Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
• 23rd » Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer-songwriter (The Rasmus)
• 24th » Laurentia Tan, Singaporean-English horse rider
• 26th » Ariane Moffatt, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 26th » Janne Wirman, Finnish keyboard player (Children of Bodom, Warmen, and Masterplan (band) named Masterplan)
• 27th » Will Boyd, American bass player (Evanescence, American Princes, and The Visitors (rock band) called The Visitors)
• 27th » Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
• 28th » Scott Fujita, American football player
• 28th » Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
• 28th » Roman Rasskazov, Russian race walker
• 29th » Nihan Anaz, Turkish basketball player
• 29th » Lee Dong-Gook, South Korean footballer
• 29th » Sam Jones III, American actor
• 29th » Ashish Nehra, Indian cricketer
• 29th » Ryan Sharp, Scottish race car driver and manager
• 30th » Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
• 30th » Sean Mackin (musician) or Sean Mackin, American musician (Yellowcard)

Famous Deaths for April 1979

• 1st » Bruno Coquatrix, French talent manager (b. 1910)
• 1st » Barbara Luddy, American actress (b. 1908)
• 4th » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 4th » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 5th » Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist (b. 1893)
• 6th » Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
• 10th » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
• 23rd » Death of Blair Peach or Blair Peach, New Zealand-English educator and activist (b. 1946)
• 29th » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

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