What Happened In May 1979 In History

Historical Events for May, 1979

• 3rd » After the United Kingdom general election, 1979 e.g general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 4th » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 9th » Persian Jews or Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
• 10th » The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
• 21st » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
• 28th » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1979

• 1st » Harvey (MC) named Harvey, English rapper and actor (So Solid Crew)
• 1st » Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
• 1st » Michelle Perry, American hurdler
• 2nd » Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2nd » Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer
• 2nd » Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 3rd » Steve Mack, American wrestler
• 3rd » Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress and singer
• 3rd » Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter
• 4th » Wes Butters, English radio host
• 4th » Kristin Harmel, American journalist and author
• 4th » Marie Poissonnier, French pole vaulter
• 4th » Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan rugby player
• 5th » Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 6th » Mark Burrier, American illustrator
• 6th » Kerry Ellis, English actress and singer
• 6th » Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
• 7th » Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 7th » Nikki Hayes, Irish radio host
• 9th » Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Simple Plan and Reset (band) known as Reset)
• 9th » Rosario Dawson, American actress and singer
• 9th » Ara Mina, Filipino actress and singer
• 9th » Matt Morris (musician) known as Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 9th » Brandon Webb, American baseball player
• 9th » Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 10th » Lee Hyori, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Fin.K.L)
• 11th » Erin Lang, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » Vytautas Žiūra, Lithuanian-Austrian handball player
• 12th » Andre Carter, American football player
• 12th » Callum Chambers, Australian footballer
• 12th » Robert Key (cricketer) or Robert Key, English cricketer
• 12th » Erdinç Saçan, Dutch businessman
• 12th » Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers) known as Steve Smith, American football player
• 12th » Aaron Yoo, American actor
• 13th » Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
• 13th » Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
• 13th » Lauren Phoenix, Canadian porn actress
• 13th » Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 13th » Jenny Winkler, German actress
• 14th » Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Keys)
• 14th » Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
• 14th » Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
• 14th » Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 14th » Bleona called Bleona Qereti, Albanian-American singer and actress
• 15th » Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
• 15th » Daniel Caines, English sprinter
• 15th » Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
• 15th » Ryan Max Riley, American humorist and skier
• 15th » Robert Royal, American football player
• 15th » Li Yanfeng, Chinese discus thrower
• 16th » McKenzie Lee, English porn actress
• 16th » Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
• 17th » David Jarolím, Czech footballer
• 17th » Wayne Thomas (footballer) known as Wayne Thomas, English footballer
• 18th » Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed 'Minecraft'
• 18th » Anna Chatziathanassiou, Greek figure skater
• 18th » Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 18th » Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe racer
• 18th » David Nail, American singer-songwriter
• 18th » Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian footballer
• 18th » Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
• 19th » Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
• 19th » Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
• 19th » Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 20th » Rick Edwards, English television host
• 20th » Alessandro Hirata, Brazilian academic and jurist
• 20th » Jana Pallaske, German actress and singer (Spitting Off Tall Buildings)
• 20th » Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 35th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
• 20th » Jayson Werth, American baseball player
• 21st » Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
• 21st » Briana Banks, German-American porn actress and model
• 21st » Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician
• 21st » James Clancy Phelan, Australian author
• 21st » Scott Smith (fighter) or Scott Smith, American mixed martial artist
• 22nd » Maggie Q, American actress and model
• 23rd » Rasual Butler, American basketball player
• 23rd » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Martin Giroux, Canadian singer
• 23rd » Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
• 24th » Amelia Cooke, American actress
• 24th » Manuel Cortez, Portuguese-German actor and photographer
• 24th » Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
• 24th » Kareem McKenzie, American football player
• 24th » Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist
• 25th » Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
• 25th » Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
• 25th » Caroline Ouellette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 25th » Sam Sodje, English-Nigerian footballer
• 25th » Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• 26th » Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
• 26th » Ashley Massaro, American wrestler and manager
• 26th » Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 26th » Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
• 27th » Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 27th » Stuart Manning, English actor
• 27th » Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
• 28th » Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
• 28th » Jesse Bradford, American actor
• 28th » Ronald Curry, American football player
• 28th » Joeri Jansen, Belgian runner
• 28th » Monica Keena, American actress
• 29th » Arne Friedrich, German footballer
• 29th » Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
• 29th » Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Singaporean footballer
• 29th » John Rheinecker, American baseball player
• 30th » Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
• 30th » Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
• 30th » Fabian Ernst, German footballer
• 30th » Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 30th » Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 31st » Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer

Famous Deaths for May 1979

• 2nd » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 9th » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 11th » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) (b. 1914)
• 12th » Ileana Sararoiu, Romanian singer (b. 1936)
• 14th » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (b. 1890)
• 16th » A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 23rd » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 24th » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 25th » Itzhak Bentov, Czech-Israeli scientist, mystic, and author (b. 1923)
• 25th » John Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 26th » George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1899)
• 29th » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
• 29th » John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)

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