What Happened In August 1979 In History

Historical Events for August, 1979

• 5th » In Afghanistan, Afghanistan Liberation Organization called Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
• 7th » 1979 Woodstock, Ontario tornado or Several tornadoes strike the city of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities.
• 11th » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukraine called Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
• 13th » The roof of the uncompleted Allstate Arena named Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.
• 21st » Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
• 27th » A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British retired admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma or Lord Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army so
• 28th » An Provisional Irish Republican Army e.g IRA bomb explodes at the Grote Markt (Brussels) named Grote Markt in Brussels.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1979

• 1st » Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
• 1st » Bernadette Flynn, Irish dancer
• 1st » Jason Momoa, American actor
• 1st » Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh actress
• 2nd » Donna Air, English model, actress, and singer
• 2nd » Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
• 2nd » Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
• 3rd » Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
• 4th » Robin Peterson, South African cricketer
• 5th » David Healy (footballer) e.g David Healy, Irish footballer
• 6th » Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
• 6th » Jaime Correa (footballer) named Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
• 6th » Jonathan Glanfield, English sailor
• 6th » Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
• 6th » Travis Reed, American basketball player
• 7th » Eric Johnson (actor) called Eric Johnson, American actor
• 7th » Jason Ruta, Canadian actor
• 7th » Nicole Tubiola, American actress
• 7th » Birgit Zotz, Austrian anthropologist and author
• 8th » Richard Harwood, English cellist
• 8th » Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
• 8th » Pooja Shah, English actress
• 8th » Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Icelandic handball player
• 9th » Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player
• 9th » Lisa Nandy, English politician
• 9th » Tony Stewart (American football) named Tony Stewart, American football player
• 10th » Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 10th » Joanna García, American actress
• 10th » Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 10th » Brandon Lyon, American baseball player
• 10th » Rémy Martin (rugby union) named Rémy Martin, French rugby player
• 10th » Yannick Schroeder, French race car driver
• 11th » Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
• 11th » Aggeliki Daliani, Greek actress
• 12th » D. J. Houlton, American baseball player
• 12th » Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
• 12th » Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
• 13th » Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 13th » Kathryn Fiore, American actress
• 13th » Corey Patterson, American baseball player
• 13th » Kasia Smutniak, Polish actress
• 13th » Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
• 13th » Jamie Travis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 14th » Jérémie Bréchet, French footballer
• 14th » Paul Burgess (athlete) or Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter
• 14th » Yōichirō Morikawa, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter
• 15th » Carl Edwards, American race car driver
• 16th » Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
• 16th » Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012)
• 16th » Monder Rizki, Belgian runner
• 17th » Marcus Patric, English actor
• 17th » Antwaan Randle El, American football player
• 18th » Stuart Dew, Australian footballer
• 18th » Mohib Mirza, Pakistani actor and director
• 19th » Dave Douglas (drummer) e.g Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Relient K and Ace Troubleshooter)
• 19th » Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
• 20th » Haha (entertainer) e.g Haha, South Korean singer and actor
• 20th » Sarah Borwell, English tennis player
• 20th » Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 20th » Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
• 21st » Kelis, American singer-songwriter
• 22nd » Brandon Adams, American actor
• 22nd » Jennifer Finnigan, Canadian actress
• 22nd » Matt Walters, American football player
• 23rd » Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
• 23rd » Saskia Clark, English sailor
• 23rd » Ritchie Neville, English singer and actor (Five (band) e.g Five)
• 23rd » Edgar Sosa (boxer) e.g Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
• 23rd » Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
• 24th » Vahur Afanasjev, Estonian author and poet
• 24th » Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 24th » Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 24th » Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
• 24th » Michael Redd, American basketball player
• 24th » Markus Walger, German rugby player
• 25th » Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 25th » Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 26th » Jamal Lewis, American football player
• 26th » Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
• 26th » Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer
• 26th » Allison Robertson, American guitarist (The Donnas)
• 26th » Yağmur Sarıgül, Turkish guitarist and songwriter (maNga (band) e.g maNga)
• 27th » Giovanni Capitello, American actor and director
• 27th » Tian Liang (diver) e.g Tian Liang, Chinese diver
• 27th » Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)
• 27th » Aaron Paul, American actor
• 27th » Rusty Smith, American speed skater
• 28th » Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 28th » Robert Hoyzer, German footballer and referee
• 28th » Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player
• 28th » Markus Pröll, German footballer
• 28th » Ruth Riley, American basketball player
• 29th » Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
• 29th » Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete
• 29th » Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
• 31st » Clay Hensley, American baseball player
• 31st » Mickie James, American wrestler and singer
• 31st » Mark Johnston (swimmer) known as Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
• 31st » Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke)
• 31st » Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter
• 31st » Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player

Famous Deaths for August 1979

• 2nd » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 3rd » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 3rd » Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 6th » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 8th » Nicholas Monsarrat, English author (b. 1910)
• 9th » Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
• 10th » Dick Foran, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 10th » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
• 11th » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 12th » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 16th » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 17th » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
• 17th » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 19th » Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (b. 1932)
• 19th » Mary Millington, English porn actress and model (b. 1945)
• 19th » Joel Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and scholar (b. 1887)
• 20th » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 22nd » James T. Farrell, American author and poet (b. 1904)
• 24th » Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b. 1912)
• 24th » Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (b. 1898)
• 25th » Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 26th » Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
• 27th » Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
• 29th » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author (b. 1890)
• 31st » Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
• 31st » Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886)

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