What Happened In January 1979 In History

Historical Events for January, 1979

• 1st » Formal diplomacy or diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
• 7th » Sino-Vietnamese War or Third Indochina War Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
• 8th » The Whiddy Island Disaster known as tanker 'Betelgeuse' explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
• 16th » The Mohammad Reza Pahlavi e.g last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
• 25th » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to the Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico.
• 28th » CBS News Sunday Morning debuts with original host and cocreator Charles Kuralt.
• 28th » Pope John Paul II starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico.
• 30th » A Varig Boeing 707 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Varig Flight 820 Flight 820, 1979 Boeing 707-323C disappearance disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1979

• 1st » Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Distillers Spinnerette)
• 1st » Koichi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
• 1st » Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
• 1st » Kathryn Thomas, Irish television presenter
• 2nd » Tim Cruz, American singer (B3 (band) known as B3 and React (band) called React)
• 2nd » Jonathan Greening, English footballer
• 3rd » Chris Geddes, Canadian volleyball player
• 3rd » Rie Tanaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 3rd » Dina Tersago, Belgian model and television host, Miss Belgium or Miss Belgium 2001
• 3rd » Koit Toome, Estonian singer
• 4th » Shergo Biran, German footballer
• 4th » Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver
• 4th » Charity Rahmer, American actress
• 5th » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
• 6th » Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mellowdrone and Uh Huh Her (band) e.g Uh Huh Her)
• 7th » Bipasha Basu, Indian model and actress
• 7th » Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
• 7th » Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
• 8th » Torry Castellano, American drummer (The Donnas)
• 8th » Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
• 8th » Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
• 8th » Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 8th » Tomasz Schafernaker, Polish-English meteorologist
• 8th » Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
• 8th » Mirella van Melis, Dutch cyclist
• 9th » Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
• 9th » Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and actress (Do As Infinity)
• 10th » Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
• 10th » Bodo Sieber, German rugby player
• 11th » Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
• 11th » Joana Cortez, Brazilian tennis player
• 11th » Michael Lorenz (footballer) called Michael Lorenz, German footballer
• 11th » Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and producer
• 11th » Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
• 12th » Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
• 12th » Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
• 12th » Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
• 12th » David Zabriskie, American cyclist
• 13th » Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
• 14th » Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
• 14th » Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
• 14th » John Reuben, American rapper
• 14th » Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 15th » 3Krazy, American rapper and producer
• 15th » Drew Brees, American football player
• 15th » Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer and actor (F4 (band) e.g F4)
• 15th » Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
• 15th » Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• 16th » Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2001)
• 16th » Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist
• 16th » Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
• 16th » Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
• 16th » Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Oleg Lisogor, Ukrainian swimmer
• 17th » Chase Stevens, American wrestler
• 19th » Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
• 19th » Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
• 19th » Wiley (rapper) known as Wiley, English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
• 20th » Asaka Kubo, Japanese singer
• 20th » Shang Yi, Chinese footballer
• 20th » Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 21st » Byung-Hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
• 21st » Spider Loc, American rapper and actor
• 22nd » Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician
• 22nd » Carlos Ruiz (baseball) or Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
• 23rd » Larry Hughes, American basketball player
• 23rd » Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
• 24th » Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 24th » Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
• 24th » Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
• 24th » Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and daredevil
• 25th » Pi Hongyan, French badminton player
• 25th » Gabe Jennings, American runner
• 25th » Christine Lakin, American actress
• 25th » Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
• 26th » Sara Rue, American actress
• 27th » Mario Fatafehi, American football player
• 27th » Rosamund Pike, English actress
• 27th » Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian volleyball player
• 27th » Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
• 28th » Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
• 29th » Marvin Agustin, Filipino actor
• 29th » Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
• 29th » Andrew Keegan, American actor and producer
• 29th » April Scott, American actress and model
• 29th » Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish businessman
• 30th » Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
• 30th » Tarmo Jallai, Estonian hurdler
• 30th » Wimberg, Estonian writer
• 31st » Daniel Tammet, English author and educator
• 31st » Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor

Famous Deaths for January 1979

• 3rd » Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887)
• 5th » Billy Bletcher, American actor (b. 1894)
• 5th » Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
• 8th » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (Carter Family) (b. 1898)
• 9th » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 13th » Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 13th » Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
• 14th » Thomas DeSimone, American gangster (b. 1950)
• 16th » Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
• 16th » August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 20th » Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 22nd » Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
• 26th » Nelson Rockefeller, American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 27th » Qalandar Baba Auliya, Indian mystic (b. 1898)
• 28th » Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901)

• « Year 1978
• Year 1980 »