What Happened In February 1979 In History

Historical Events for February, 1979

• 1st » Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President of the United States known as President Jimmy Carter.
• 1st » The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 11th » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 13th » An intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm or windstorm strikes western Washington (state) e.g Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
• 14th » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
• 15th » Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.
• 17th » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
• 18th » Snowfall called Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
• 22nd » Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1979

• 1st » Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
• 1st » Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1st » Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Drive-By Truckers)
• 1st » Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
• 1st » Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 2nd » Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
• 2nd » Christine Bleakley, Irish television host
• 2nd » Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler
• 2nd » Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
• 2nd » Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• 2nd » Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
• 3rd » Becca Fitzpatrick, American author
• 3rd » Marie Zielcke, German actress
• 4th » Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist and actor
• 4th » Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
• 5th » Alexander Ryabov, Russian ice hockey player
• 5th » Ilaria Salvatori, Italian fencer
• 6th » Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer (O-Zone)
• 7th » Daniel Bierofka, German footballer
• 7th » Nicola Campedelli, Italian footballer
• 7th » Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist and Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » Jon Leicester, American baseball player
• 7th » Cerina Vincent, American actress
• 8th » Aaron Cook (baseball) e.g Aaron Cook, American baseball player
• 8th » Josh Keaton, American actor and singer
• 9th » David Gray (snooker player) or David Gray, English snooker player
• 9th » Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 9th » Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 9th » Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
• 10th » Joey Hand, American race car driver
• 10th » Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
• 10th » Daryl Palumbo, American singer-songwriter (Glassjaw and Head Automatica)
• 10th » Ross Powers, American snowboarder
• 10th » Kristen Viikmäe, Estonian footballer
• 11th » Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 12th » Antonio Chatman, American football player
• 12th » Matt Mauck, American football player
• 12th » Jesse Spencer, Australian actor and violinist (Band from TV)
• 13th » Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian murderer
• 13th » Lucy Brown, English actress
• 13th » Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
• 13th » Rachel Reeves, English economist and politician
• 13th » Mena Suvari, American actress
• 14th » Paolo Ginestra, Italian footballer
• 14th » Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer
• 15th » Chantal Janzen, Dutch actress and singer
• 15th » Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
• 15th » Josh Low, English footballer
• 15th » Scott Severin, Scottish footballer
• 15th » Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
• 16th » Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
• 16th » Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 17th » Josh Willingham, American baseball player
• 19th » Bassnectar, American DJ and producer
• 19th » Mariska (rapper) or Mariska, Finnish rapper
• 19th » Andrew Buchan, English actor
• 19th » Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
• 19th » Sergio Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 19th » Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress (OV7)
• 19th » René Renno, German footballer
• 19th » Romina Belluscio, Argentine TV presenter
• 21st » Pascal Chimbonda, French footballer
• 21st » Carly Colón, Puerto Rican wrestler
• 21st » Lonnie Ford, American football player
• 21st » Shane Gibson (musician) named Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (d. 2014)
• 21st » Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress, singer, and producer
• 21st » Jordan Peele, American comedian and actor
• 22nd » Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
• 22nd » Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
• 22nd » Jo Pitt, Scottish horse rider (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Sascha Zacharias, Swedish actress
• 23rd » S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
• 24th » Jesse Billauer, American surfer
• 24th » Claire Cooper, English actress
• 24th » Vítor Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 25th » Jennifer Ferrin, American actress
• 25th » David Hoflin, Swedish-Australian actor
• 26th » Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter
• 26th » Mariano Bainotti, Argentinian race car driver
• 26th » Pedro Mendes (footballer born 1979) named Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 26th » Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (d. 2012)
• 26th » Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer
• 27th » Andreas Voss (footballer) named Andreas Voss, German footballer
• 28th » Srikanth (actor) called Srikanth, Indian actor
• 28th » Michael Bisping, Cypriot-English mixed martial artist
• 28th » Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver
• 28th » Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
• 28th » Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper

Famous Deaths for February 1979

• 1st » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist (b. 1929)
• 2nd » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols, Vicious White Kids, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Flowers of Romance (band) named The Flowers of Romance) (b. 1957)
• 7th » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 8th » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 9th » Allen Tate, American poet (b. 1899)
• 10th » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 12th » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 14th » Adolph Dubs, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
• 16th » Nematollah Nassiri, Iranian general (b. 1911)
• 17th » K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1905)
• 22nd » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter (b. 1877)
• 23rd » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 28th » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (b. 1897)

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