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From top to bottom, left to right: the
Soviet–Afghan War
begins as the
Soviet Union
invades
Afghanistan
; the
Iran hostage crisis
erupts when militants seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran;
American Airlines Flight 191
crashes in Chicago, killing 271;
Disco Demolition Night
at
Comiskey Park
turns into a riot; the
Three Mile Island accident
causes a partial nuclear meltdown; the
Sony Walkman
debuts;
SALT II
is signed to limit nuclear arms; the
1979 oil crisis
sends fuel prices soaring; and the
Egypt–Israel peace treaty
is signed, marking the first peace deal between Israel and an Arab nation.
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1979 in various
calendars
Gregorian calendar
1979
MCMLXXIX
Ab urbe condita
2732
Armenian calendar
1428
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԸ
Assyrian calendar
6729
Baháʼí calendar
135–136
Balinese saka calendar
1900–1901
Bengali calendar
1385–1386
Berber calendar
2929
British Regnal year
27
Eliz. 2
– 28
Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2523
Burmese calendar
1341
Byzantine calendar
7487–7488
Chinese calendar
戊午
年 (Earth
Horse
4676 or 4469
— to —
己未年 (Earth
Goat
4677 or 4470
Coptic calendar
1695–1696
Discordian calendar
3145
Ethiopian calendar
1971–1972
Hebrew calendar
5739–5740
Hindu calendars
Vikram Samvat
2035–2036
Shaka Samvat
1900–1901
Kali Yuga
5079–5080
Holocene calendar
11979
Igbo calendar
979–980
Iranian calendar
1357–1358
Islamic calendar
1399–1400
Japanese calendar
Shōwa
54
(昭和５４年)
Javanese calendar
1910–1912
Juche calendar
68
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4312
Minguo calendar
ROC
68
民國68年
Nanakshahi calendar
511
Thai solar calendar
2522
Tibetan calendar
ས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Earth-
Horse
2105 or 1724 or 952
— to —
ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Earth-
Sheep
2106 or 1725 or 953
Unix time
283996800 – 315532799
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1979
1979
MCMLXXIX
) was a
common year starting on Monday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1979th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 979th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 79th year of the
20th century
, and the 10th and last year of the
1970s
decade.
Calendar year
Events
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January
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January 1979
January 1
United Nations Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim
heralds the start of the
International Year of the Child
Many musicians donate to the
Music for UNICEF Concert
fund, among them
ABBA
, who write the song
Chiquitita
to commemorate the event.
In 1979, the United States officially severed diplomatic ties with the
Republic of China
Taiwan
). This decision marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, turning to view the People's Republic of
China
as the sole legitimate representative of China.
The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full
diplomatic relations
Following a deal agreed during 1978,
French
carmaker
Peugeot
completes a takeover of American manufacturer
Chrysler
's
European operations
, which are based in
Britain
's former
Rootes Group
factories, as well as the former
Simca
factories in
France
January 6
Geylang Bahru family murders
: Four children, aged five to ten, are brutally killed in
Geylang Bahru
Singapore
January 7
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
: The
People's Army of Vietnam
and Vietnamese-backed
Cambodian insurgents
announce the fall of
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
, and the collapse of the
Pol Pot
regime. Pol Pot and the
Khmer Rouge
retreat west to an area along the
Thai
border, ending large-scale fighting.
January 8
Whiddy Island Disaster
: The French tanker
Betelgeuse
explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at
Bantry
, Ireland; 50 people are killed.
January 9
– The
Music for UNICEF Concert
is held at the
United Nations General Assembly
to raise money for
UNICEF
and promote the Year of the Child. It is broadcast the following day in the United States and around the world. Hosted by the
Bee Gees
, other performers include
Donna Summer
ABBA
Rod Stewart
and
Earth, Wind & Fire
. A soundtrack album is later released.
January 16
– Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
flees
Iran
with his family, relocating to
Egypt
after a year of turmoil.
January 19
– Former U.S. Attorney General
John N. Mitchell
is released on
parole
after 19 months at a federal prison in Alabama.
January 20
Capital punishment in Peru
: Following a hasty conviction on espionage and treason charges, Air Force member
Julio Vargas Garayar
became the last person to be executed by Peru.
January 22
Uganda–Tanzania War
Battle of Mutukula
: The
Tanzanian
military captures the
Ugandan
border town of
Mutukula
after a short battle.
January 25
Pope John Paul II
arrives in Mexico City for his first visit to Mexico, mainly for 1979's
Latin American Episcopal Conference
(CELAM) or Conference of
Puebla
January 28
Deng Xiaoping
arrives in Washington, D.C., for the
first visit
of a
paramount leader
of the People's Republic of China to the United States.
February
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February 1979
22 February
: Saint Lucia becomes independent
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran
February 1
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
returns to
Tehran
Iran
after nearly 15 years of
exile
February 3
– Ayatollah Khomeini creates the
Council of the Islamic Revolution
February 7
Iranian Revolution
: Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts, and government administration; the final session of the Iranian
National Consultative Assembly
is held.
Pluto
moves inside
Neptune
's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
Nazi criminal
Josef Mengele
suffers a fatal stroke and drowns while swimming in
Bertioga
Brazil
. His remains are found in
1985
February 10
11
– The Iranian Revolution ends with the Iranian army withdrawing to its barracks leaving power in the hands of Ayatollah
Khomeini
, ending the
Pahlavi dynasty
February 11
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Simba Hills
: The Tanzanian military began its assault on the Simba Hills near the town of
Kakuuto
February 12
– Prime Minister
Hissène Habré
starts the Battle of N'Djamena in an attempt to overthrow
Chad
's President
Félix Malloum
February 13
An intense
windstorm
strikes western
Washington
and sinks a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) long section of the
Hood Canal Bridge
The
Guardian Angels
are formed in
New York City
as an unarmed organization of young crime fighters.
February 14
– In
Kabul
, Muslim extremists kidnap the American ambassador to
Afghanistan
Adolph Dubs
, who is killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
February 15
– A
suspected gas explosion
in a
Warsaw
bank kills 49 people.
February 17
– The People's Republic of China invades northern
Vietnam
, launching the
Sino-Vietnamese War
February 18
The
1979 Daytona 500
is televised on
CBS
, the first ever full airing of a 500-mile race on US
television
Richard Petty
wins after
Cale Yarborough
and
Donnie Allison
battle for first place on the final lap and crash out, leading to a fist fight. This race brought
NASCAR
to a wider audience.
The Khomeini government in Iran cuts
diplomatic relations
with
Israel
February 21
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Gayaza Hills
: A Tanzanian brigade successfully dislodged Ugandan forces from the Gayaza Hills. The battle is hard-fought, and the Tanzanians suffer their largest number of casualties in a single engagement of the war.
February 22
Saint Lucia
becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
February 26
total solar eclipse
, the last visible from the continental United States until 2017, arcs over northwestern
conterminous US
and central Canada ending in Greenland. A partial solar eclipse is visible over almost all of North America and Central America including the eastern half of Alaska and the western half of the UK.
The
Superliner
railcar enters revenue service with
Amtrak
February 27
The annual
Mardi Gras
celebration in
New Orleans
is cancelled due to a strike called by the
New Orleans Police Department
The Soviet oil tanker
Antonio Gramsci
suffers a minor shipwreck in shallow waters shortly after leaving shore in
Ventspils
, resulting in a 5,000 ton oil spill, the largest that has ever occurred on the
Baltic Sea
10
March
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March 1979
March 1
Scottish devolution referendum
Scotland
votes in favour of a Scottish Assembly, which is not implemented due to failing a condition that at least 40% of the electorate must support the proposal; in a
Welsh devolution referendum
Wales
votes against devolution.
Philips
publicly demonstrate a prototype of an
optical digital audio disc
at a press conference in
Eindhoven
, Netherlands.
March 2
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Tororo
: Ugandan rebels attack and capture the town of
Tororo
March 4
The U.S.
Voyager 1
spaceprobe photos reveal
Jupiter's rings
Uganda–Tanzania War: Battle of Tororo: The Ugandan military retakes Tororo from rebels.
March 5
Voyager 1
makes its closest approach to
Jupiter
at 277,000 kilometres (172,000 mi).
March 7
– The largest
Magnetar
Soft gamma repeater
) event is recorded.
March 8
Philips
demonstrates the
compact disc
publicly for the first time.
Thousands of women participate in the
International Women's Day Protests in Tehran, 1979
against the introduction of mandatory veiling during the
Iranian revolution
Images taken by
Voyager 1
prove the
existence of volcanoes
on
Io
, a
moon of Jupiter
11
March 10
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Lukaya
: The Ugandan military, a Libyan expeditionary force and allied
Palestine Liberation Organisation
militants begin a counter-offensive against Tanzanian troops in south-central Uganda. The Ugandan-led alliance retakes
Lukaya
after a short clash with the Tanzanian military.
March 11
– Uganda–Tanzania War: Battle of Lukaya: The Tanzanian military counter-attacks at Lukaya, completely defeating the Ugandan-led alliance. This defeat permanently cripples the Ugandan military.
March 13
Maurice Bishop
leads a successful coup in
Grenada
. His government will be crushed by
American intervention
in
1983
March 14
– In China, a
Hawker Siddeley Trident
crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing 31 people on the ground and injuring 200.
March 16
End of major hostilities in the
Sino-Vietnamese War
In his letter to the United Nations,
Elisio De Figueiredo
, the People's Republic of Angola's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, requests an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the question of
South Africa's continuous acts of aggression in Angola
12
March 17
– The
Penmanshiel Tunnel
in the UK collapses, killing two workers.
13
March 19
C-SPAN
, an American television channel focusing on government and public affairs, is launched.
March 18
– Ten miners die in a
methane
gas explosion at
Golborne Colliery
near
Wigan
Greater Manchester
, England.
14
March 22
– The
National Hockey League
votes to approve its
merger
with the
World Hockey Association
, to take effect in three months, following the leagues' respective postseasons.
March 25
– The first fully functional
Space Shuttle
orbiter,
Columbia
, is delivered to the
Kennedy Space Center
, to be prepared for its first launch.
March 26
In a ceremony at the
White House
, President
Anwar Sadat
of
Egypt
and Prime Minister
Menachem Begin
of
Israel
sign an
Egypt–Israel peace treaty
Michigan State University
, led by
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
, defeats
Larry Bird
-led
Indiana State
75–64 in the
NCAA tournament
championship game
at
Salt Lake City
March 28
In Britain,
James Callaghan
's minority
Labour
government loses a
motion of confidence
by one vote, forcing a general election which is to be held on 3 May.
15
America's most serious
nuclear power plant
accident occurs, at
Three Mile Island
, Pennsylvania.
March 29
– Sultan
Yahya Petra of Kelantan
, the 6th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
(Head of State) of
Malaysia
, dies in office. He is replaced by Sultan
Ahmad Shah of Pahang
March 30
Airey Neave
, Conservative M.P. in the
British House of Commons
, is killed, presumably by an
Irish National Liberation Army
bomb in the car park for the Houses of Parliament.
March 31
The last British soldier (belonging to the
Royal Navy
) leaves the
Maltese Islands
, after 179 years of presence.
Malta
declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
Milk and Honey
win the
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
for
Israel
, with the song
Hallelujah
April
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April 1979
April 1
Iran
's government becomes an
Islamic Republic
by a 98% vote, overthrowing the
Shah
officially.
Nickelodeon
launches from
QUBE
's
Pinwheel
experiment and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach.
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
wins his first career
NASCAR
race at the
1979 Southeastern 500
at
Bristol Motor Speedway
. He would go on to win 76 races and seven championships during his career.
April 1
18
– Police lock
Andreas Mihavecz
in a holding cell in
Bregenz
, Austria and forget about him, leaving him there without food or drink.
April 2
Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
: A
Soviet
biowarfare
laboratory at
Sverdlovsk
accidentally releases airborne
anthrax
spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of
livestock
. It is a violation of the
Biological Weapons Convention
of
1972
April 2
– In
Japan
, the channel of
TV Asahi
premieres
Doraemon
April 4
Pakistani Prime Minister
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
is executed by hanging for the murder of a political opponent.
April 6
Student protests
break out in
Nepal
April 7
– In Japan,
Yoshiyuki Tomino
directs
Mobile Suit Gundam
, the first series of the metaseries of the same name.
April 10
– A tornado hits
Wichita Falls, Texas
, killing 42 people (the most notable of
26 tornadoes that day
).
April 11
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Fall of Kampala
: Tanzanian troops take
Kampala
, the capital of Uganda;
Idi Amin
flees.
April 13
– The
La Soufrière
volcano erupts in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
April 14
– The
Progressive Alliance of Liberia
stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting over 70 deaths and over 500 injured.
16
April 15
1979 Montenegro earthquake
: A 6.9
shock affects
Montenegro
(then part of
Yugoslavia
) and parts of
Albania
, causing extensive damage to coastal areas and taking 136 lives; the old town of
Budva
is devastated.
April 17
– Schoolchildren in the
Central African Republic
are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory
school uniforms
. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
"almost certainly" took part in the massacre.
April 22
– The
Albert Einstein Memorial
is unveiled at the
National Academy of Sciences
in Washington, D.C.
April 23
– Fighting breaks out in London between the
Anti-Nazi League
and the
Metropolitan Police
's
Special Patrol Group
; protester
Blair Peach
receives fatal injuries during the incident, now officially attributed to the SPG.
May
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May 1979
May 1
Greenland
is granted limited autonomy from Denmark, with its own
Parliament
sitting in
Nuuk
May 3
– The
1979 United Kingdom general election
for the House of Commons takes place, giving the
Conservatives
a majority, and designating
Margaret Thatcher
the nation's first woman prime minister, ending the rule of
James Callaghan
's
Labour
government.
17
May 8
– Ten shoppers die in
a fire at the Woolworths department store
in
Manchester
city centre in the UK.
May 9
The
Salvadoran Civil War
begins.
The
Unabomber
bomb injures
Northwestern University
graduate student John Harris.
May 10
– The
Federated States of Micronesia
becomes self-governing.
May 15
– Uganda–Tanzania War:
Battle of Lira
Tanzania
and its
Uganda National Liberation Front
allies capture
Lira, Uganda
, from the forces of Ugandan dictator
Idi Amin
May 21
Dan White
is convicted of manslaughter, rather than murder, for the assassination of
San Francisco
Mayor
George Moscone
and Supervisor
Harvey Milk
, after using what would become known as the "
Twinkie defense
" and persuading a jury that the crime was not premeditated. The maximum sentence is seven years imprisonment, with eligibility for early parole, prompting the "
White Night riots
" in the gay community.
The
Montreal Canadiens
defeat the
New York Rangers
four games to one to win their fourth consecutive
Stanley Cup
May 24
Thorpe Park
: Opens its doors having attractions such as
Phantom Fantasia
also next door had a farm called Thorpe Farm
May 25
American Airlines Flight 191
: In Chicago, a
DC-10
crashes during takeoff at
O'Hare International Airport
, killing all 271 on board and 2 people on the ground in the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history.
John Spenkelink
is executed in
Florida
, in the first use of the
electric chair
in America after the reintroduction of the
death penalty
in
1976
Etan Patz, six years old, is kidnapped in New York
. He is often referred to as the "Boy on the Milk Carton" and the investigation later sprouts into one of the most famous child abduction cases of all time. This is a cold case until 2010 when it is re-opened. In April 2017, Pedro Hernandez is convicted of the murder and kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 27
Indianapolis 500
Rick Mears
wins the race for the first time, and car owner
Roger Penske
for the second time.
June
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June 1979
June 1
The
Vizianagaram district
is formed in
Andhra Pradesh
, India.
The first black-led government of
Rhodesia
in 90 years takes power, in succession to
Ian Smith
and under his power-sharing deal, in the unrecognized republic of
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
The
Seattle SuperSonics
win the NBA Championship against the
Washington Bullets
June 2
Pope John Paul II
arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a
Communist
country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the
Solidarity
movement.
Los Angeles
' city council passes the city's first
homosexual rights
bill signed without fanfare by mayor
Tom Bradley
June 3
Ixtoc I oil spill
: A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern
Gulf of Mexico
causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional
oil spill
until it is surpassed by the
Deepwater Horizon
oil spill
in 2010.
1979 Italian general election
: The
Italian Communist Party
loses a significant number of seats.
June 4
Joe Clark
becomes Canada's 16th and youngest Prime Minister.
Flight Lieutenant
Jerry Rawlings
takes power in
Ghana
after a military
coup
in which
General
Fred Akuffo
is overthrown.
Following the "
Muldergate
" Information Scandal,
John Vorster
resigns as
State President of South Africa
18
June 7
1979 European Parliament election
: The first direct elections to the
European Parliament
begin, allowing citizens from across all nine (at this time)
member states of the European Communities
to elect 410
MEPs
. It is also the first international election in history.
June 9
23
– The
1979 Cricket World Cup
is held in England with West Indies defeating England in the final.
June 12
Bryan Allen
flies the man-powered
Gossamer Albatross
across the
English Channel
June 13
– The
1979 NHL Expansion Draft
takes place, restocking the franchises from
Edmonton
Hartford
Quebec
, and
Winnipeg
, which are being admitted from the
WHA
as expansion teams.
June 15
McDonald's
introduces the
Happy Meal
in the United States in a nationwide advertising campaign after testing the product since February in franchises in the U.S. state of
Missouri
19
The ecological horror-thriller
Prophecy
is
released
in the United States by
Paramount Pictures
June 18
Jimmy Carter
and
Leonid Brezhnev
sign the
SALT II
agreement in
Vienna
June 19
Marais Viljoen
becomes
State President of South Africa
18
June 20
– A
Nicaraguan
National Guard soldier kills
ABC TV
news correspondent
Bill Stewart
and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. Other members of the news crew capture the killing on tape.
June 22
Former
Liberal Party
leader
Jeremy Thorpe
was acquitted of
conspiracy to murder
Norman Scott
, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.
20
The
WHA
formally ceases operations, completing the
merger
with the
NHL
June 23
New South Wales
Premier
Neville Wran
officially opens the
Eastern Suburbs Railway
in Sydney. It operates as a shuttle between Central and Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line in 1980.
June 24
– The
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal
, an international opinion tribunal, is founded in
Bologna
at the initiative of Senator
Lelio Basso
June 25
NATO
Supreme Allied Commander
Alexander Haig
escapes an assassination attempt in Belgium by the
Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization
July
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July 1979
12 July
: Kiribati becomes independent
July 1
Sweden
becomes the first country to outlaw
corporal punishment in the home
The
Sony Walkman
goes on sale for the first time in Japan.
July 3
– U.S. President
Jimmy Carter
signs the
first directive for secret aid
to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in
Afghanistan
July 5
– Queen
Elizabeth II
attends the millennium celebrations of the
Isle of Man
's Parliament,
Tynwald
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July 8
– Los Angeles passes its gay and lesbian civil rights bill.
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July 9
– A car bomb destroys a
Renault
owned by Nazi hunters
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld
at their home in France. A note purportedly from
ODESSA
claims responsibility.
July 11
NASA
's first orbiting space station,
Skylab
, begins falling back
Earth
as its orbit decays after more than six years.
July 12
The
Gilbert Islands
become fully independent of the United Kingdom as
Kiribati
Disco Demolition Night
publicity stunt goes awry at
Comiskey Park
, forcing the
Chicago White Sox
to
forfeit
their game against the
Detroit Tigers
Carmine Galante
, boss of the
Bonanno crime family
, is assassinated in
Brooklyn
fire at a hotel
in
Zaragoza
, Spain, leaves 72 dead, the worst hotel fire in Europe in decades.
July 15
– President Jimmy Carter addresses the nation in a televised speech talking about the "crisis of confidence in America today"; it would go on to be known as his "national malaise" speech.
July 16
Iraqi
President
Hasan al-Bakr
resigns and Vice President
Saddam al-Tikriti
, more commonly referred to in the Western press as "Saddam Hussein", assumes the presidency.
July 17
Nicaraguan
president General
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
resigns and flees to
Miami
July 18
– Over 500 people die after a
tsunami occurs on Lembata Island
, triggered by a landslide on the Iliwerung volcano.
22
July 21
Nicaraguan Revolution
: The
Sandinista National Liberation Front
concludes a successful revolutionary campaign against the Somoza dynasty and assumes power in
Nicaragua
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
becomes prime minister of Portugal.
Maritza Sayalero
of
Venezuela
wins the
Miss Universe
pageant; the stage collapses after contestants and news photographers rush to her throne.
The
disco
music genre dominates and peaks on the
Billboard
Hot 100
chart, with the first six spots (beginning with
Donna Summer
's
Bad Girls
), and seven of the chart's top ten songs ending that week.
July 22
1979 Ba'ath Party Purge
Iraqi
president
Saddam Hussein
arranges the arrest and later execution of nearly seventy members of his ruling
Ba'ath Party
July 28
Morarji Desai
resigns as India's prime minister and
Charan Singh
succeeds him.
August
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August 3
– Dictator
Francisco Macías Nguema
of
Equatorial Guinea
is overthrown in a bloody
coup d'état
led by
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
August 4
– Opening game of the
American Football Bundesliga
played between
Frankfurter Löwen
and
Düsseldorf Panther
, first-ever league game of
American football
in Germany.
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August 5
– The
Polisario Front
signs a peace treaty with
Mauritania
. Mauritania withdraws from the
Western Sahara
territory it had occupied, and cedes it to the
SADR
August 6
Bauhaus
releases their debut single "
Bela Lugosi's Dead
", considered to be the first
gothic rock
release.
August 8
– Two American
commercial divers
, Richard Walker and Victor Guiel, die of
hypothermia
after their
diving bell
becomes stranded
at a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft) in the
East Shetland Basin
. The legal repercussions of the accident will lead to important safety changes in the diving industry.
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August 9
Raymond Washington
, co-founder of the
Crips
, today one of the largest, most notorious gangs in the United States, is killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; the killers have not yet been identified.
August 10
Michael Jackson
releases his breakthrough album
Off the Wall
. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7× platinum album.
August 11
The former Mauritanian province of
Tiris al-Gharbiyya
in
Western Sahara
is annexed by
Morocco
The
Machchu-2 dam
in
Morbi
, India, collapses, killing between 1800 and 25000 people in one of the worst ever
dam failures
August 14
A freak storm during the Fastnet Race
results in the deaths of 15 sailors.
August 17
– The controversial religious satirical film
Monty Python's Life of Brian
premieres in the United States.
August 27
The Troubles
Lord Mountbatten of Burma
and two others are killed in a bombing on his boat in the Republic of Ireland by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army
(IRA). Mountbatten was a British fleet admiral, statesman and an uncle of
The Duke of Edinburgh
. On the same day, the
Warrenpoint ambush
occurs, killing 18 British soldiers.
Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne
would die in a hospital the following day from injuries sustained in the bombing.
August 29
– A national referendum is held in which
Somali
voters approve a new liberal constitution, promulgated by
President Siad Barre
to placate the United States.
September
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September 1
The U.S.
Pioneer 11
becomes the first spacecraft to visit
Saturn
when it passes the
planet
at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps
is formed.
September 7
– The first cable sports channel, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network (better known as
ESPN
), is launched in the United States.
September 9
– The long-running comic strip
For Better or For Worse
begins its run, in Canada, before becoming syndicated elsewhere in North America and the world.
September 12
Hurricane Frederic
makes landfall at 10:00 p.m. on Alabama's Gulf Coast.
September 13
– South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of
Venda
(not recognised outside South Africa).
September 16
East German balloon escape
: Two families flee from
East Germany
by balloon.
The Sugarhill Gang
release
Rapper's Delight
in the United States, the first
rap
single
to become a
Top 40
hit on the
Billboard Hot 100
September 20
– French
paratroopers
help
David Dacko
to overthrow
Emperor Bokassa
in the
Central African Empire
September 22
Vela incident
: The "South Atlantic Flash" is observed near the
Prince Edward Islands
in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a
nuclear weapons test
conducted by
South Africa
and
Israel
September 29
– The overthrown dictator
Francisco Macías Nguema
of
Equatorial Guinea
is convicted of
genocide
and executed by firing squad.
September 30
– The
MTR
in
Hong Kong
begins service with the opening of its Modified Initial System, the Kwun Tong Line.
October
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27 October
: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines becomes independent
October 1
Nigeria
terminates military rule, and the
Second Nigerian Republic
is established.
October 1
Pope John Paul II
makes a
six-city visit to the United States
, starting in
Boston
October 1
– The
MTR
, the
rapid transit
railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
October 2
– Pope John Paul II arrives in
New York City
for his first papal tour where he addresses the
U.N. General Assembly
against all forms of
concentration camps
and
torture
October 6
Federal Reserve System
changes from an interest rate target policy to a money supply target policy.
October 7
– Pope John Paul II ends his first U.S. papal visit in
Washington, D.C.
, with his first-ever visit to the
White House
October 9
Peter Brock
wins the
Bathurst 1000
by a record six laps, with a lap record on the last lap.
October 12
Near
Guam
Typhoon Tip
reaches a record intensity of 870 millibars, the lowest pressure recorded at sea level. This makes Tip the most powerful
tropical cyclone
in known world history.
Thorbjörn Fälldin
returns as
Prime Minister of Sweden
, replacing
Ola Ullsten
who is named
Foreign Minister of Sweden
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
, the first novel by
Douglas Adams
, is published in the United Kingdom
October 14
National March
for
gay rights
takes place in
Washington, D.C.
, involving tens of thousands of people.
October 15
Black Monday
events, in which members of a political group sack a newspaper office, unfold in Malta.
October 16
– A
tsunami in Nice, France
kills 23 people.
October 17
– The
Pittsburgh Pirates
become only the fourth
MLB
team (as well as the only MLB franchise to accomplish the feat twice) to recover from a 3-games-to-1 deficit to win the
1979 World Series
October 19
– 13 U.S. Marines die in a fire at
Camp Fuji
, Japan as a result of Typhoon Tip.
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October 20
– The first
McDonald's
in
Singapore
opens at
Liat Towers
in
Orchard Road
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October 26
Park Chung Hee
, the
President of South Korea
, is assassinated by
KCIA
director
Kim Jae-gyu
The eradication of the
smallpox
virus
is announced by the
World Health Organization
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making smallpox the first of only two human diseases that have been driven to extinction (
rinderpest
in 2011 being the other).
October 27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
gains independence from the UK.
October 31
Western Airlines Flight 2605
crashes upon landing at Mexico City International Airport, killing 72 occupants plus one on the ground; 16 people on board survive.
November
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November 1
Military coup in
Bolivia
Iran hostage crisis
Iranian
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
urges his people to demonstrate on
November 4
and to expand attacks on United States and
Israeli
interests.
November 2
French police shoot gangster
Jacques Mesrine
in Paris.
Assata Shakur
(née Joanne Chesimard), a former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, escapes from a New York prison to Cuba, where she remains under political asylum until her death in 2025.
November 3
– In
Greensboro, North Carolina
, five members of the
Communist Workers Party
are shot to death and seven are wounded by a group of
Klansmen
and
neo-Nazis
, during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
November 4
Iran hostage crisis
begins: 500 Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran
and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). They demand that the United States send the former
Shah of Iran
back to stand trial.
November 5
All Saints' Massacre
: The military junta in
Bolivia
initiates a violent crack-down on its opponents.
The radio news program
Morning Edition
premieres on
National Public Radio
in the United States.
November 6
– At
Montevideo
Uruguay
, the
International Olympic Committee
adopts a resolution, whereby
Taiwan
Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name
Chinese Taipei
in future
Olympic Games
and international sports tournaments and championships.
November 7
– U.S. Senator
Ted Kennedy
announces that he will challenge President
Jimmy Carter
for the 1980
Democratic
presidential nomination.
November 9
The
Carl Bridgewater
murder trial ends in England with all four men found guilty. James Robinson, 45, and 25-year-old Vincent Hickey are sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended 25-year minimum for murder. 18-year-old Michael Hickey is also found guilty of murder and sentenced to indefinite detention. Patrick Molloy, 53, is found guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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Nuclear
false alarm
: the
NORAD
computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in
Fort Ritchie, Maryland
, detect an apparent massive
Soviet
nuclear strike
. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the
early-warning radars
, the alert is cancelled.
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November 10
1979 Mississauga train derailment
: A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
November 12
Iran hostage crisis
: In response to the hostage situation in
Tehran
, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all
oil
imports into the United States from Iran.
Süleyman Demirel
, of the
Justice Party
(AP) forms the new government of
Turkey
(43rd government, a minority government).
November 13 –
Ronald Reagan
announces his candidacy for President of the United States, 9 days after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis.
November 14
Iran hostage crisis
: U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues
Executive Order 12170
, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks in response to the hostage crisis.
November 15
– British art historian and former
Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
Anthony Blunt
's role as the "fourth man" of the '
Cambridge Five
double agents
for the
Soviet
NKVD
during
World War II
is revealed by
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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she gives further details on November 21.
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November 16
Bucharest Metro
Line One is opened, in
Bucharest
Romania
(from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, 8.63 kilometres (5.36 mi)).
November 17
Iran hostage crisis
: Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and
African American
hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
November 20
Grand Mosque seizure
: A group of 200
Juhayman al-Otaybi
militants occupy
Mecca
's
Masjid al-Haram
, the holiest place in Islam. They are driven out by Saudi military forces after bloody fighting that leaves 250 people dead and 600 wounded.
November 21
– After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans had occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in
Islamabad
, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing four, and disturbing
Pakistan–United States relations
November 23
The Troubles
: In
Dublin
, Ireland,
Provisional Irish Republican Army
member
Thomas McMahon
is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of
Lord Mountbatten of Burma
in August. He was released in 1998 under the terms of the
Good Friday Agreement
November 25
– The last cargo of
phosphate
was shipped from
Banaba Island
in
Kiribati
in the South Pacific Ocean, bringing an end to the island's chief industry.
November 28
Air New Zealand Flight 901
: an
Air New Zealand
DC-10
crashes into
Mount Erebus
in Antarctica on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.
November 29
– After 12 years of environmental controversy and legal action, the
Tennessee Valley Authority
's
Tellico Dam
project is completed.
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It remains the last dam to be built by the agency as of 2023.
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November 30
The Wall
, a
rock opera
concept album
by
Pink Floyd
, is first released.
December
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December 3
The Who concert disaster
: Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before
The Who
rock concert at the
Riverfront Coliseum
in
Cincinnati
The
United States dollar
exchange rate
with the
Deutsche Mark
falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5,
1987
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
December 4
– The Hastie fire in
Kingston upon Hull
, England, leads to the deaths of 3 boys and begins the hunt for
Bruce George Peter Lee
, the UK's most prolific killer.
December 5
Jack Lynch
resigns as
Taoiseach
of Ireland; he is succeeded by
Charles Haughey
December 6
– The world premiere of
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
is held at the
Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.
December 12
The
NATO Double-Track Decision
: is the decision of NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles combined with the threat that in case of disagreement NATO would deploy more middle-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe, following the so-called "
Euromissile Crisis
".
The 8.2
Tumaco earthquake
shakes
Colombia
and
Ecuador
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
of IX (
Violent
), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
Coup d'état of December Twelfth
South Korean Army
Major General
Chun Doo-hwan
orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General
Jeong Seung-hwa
without authorization from President
Choi Kyu-hah
, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President
Park Chung Hee
The unrecognised state of
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
returns to British control and resumes using the name
Southern Rhodesia
December 13
– The Canadian
Progressive Conservative
minority government of Prime Minister
Joe Clark
, falls in a non-confidence motion.
December 15
– The directorial debut of
Hayao Miyazaki
The Castle of Cagliostro
based on the
manga
series
Lupin III
is released in Japan.
December 21
Lancaster House Agreement
: A
ceasefire
for
Rhodesia
is signed at London.
December 23
– The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the
Klein Matterhorn
, opens.
December 24
The
Soviet Union
covertly launches its
invasion of Afghanistan
– 3 days later,
PDPA
general secretary
Hafizullah Amin
is executed in
Operation Storm-333
and
Babrak Karmal
replaces him, beginning the war.
The first European
Ariane
rocket is launched.
December 26
– In
Rhodesia
, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital
Salisbury
to monitor a ceasefire that begins
December 28
Date unknown
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The
One-child policy
is introduced in China – it contributes to
the country's sex-ratio imbalance
. It was loosened in
2013
Hànyǔ Pīnyīn
is widely adopted as the official
romanization
system for
Standard Chinese
, leading to changes in Western spelling of Chinese toponyms.
VisiCalc
becomes the first
commercial
spreadsheet program
The first
usenet
experiments are conducted by
Tom Truscott
and
Jim Ellis
of
Duke University
Worldwide
per capita
oil production reaches a historic
peak
The remains of
Tsar Nicholas II
and some of the
Romanovs
are discovered and exhumed near Sverdlovsk (now
Yekaterinburg
).
NBC
introduces a new version of its famous peacock, used in conjunction with the 1975-style N, for the
Fall season
Onde Tem Bruxa Tem Fada
, book is published.
China International Trust Investment Group (CITIC)
founded.
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Births
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
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Jagmeet Singh
Kevin Kuske
Sarah Polley
Siti Nurhaliza
Svetlana Khorkina
January 1
Brody Dalle
, Australian singer
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Vidya Balan
, Indian actress
Gisela
, Spanish pop singer and voice actress
January 2
Erica Hubbard
, American actress
Jagmeet Singh
, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party
January 3
Koit Toome
, Estonian singer and musical actor
Rie Tanaka
, Japanese voice actress
January 4
Olger van Dijk
, Dutch politician
Kevin Kuske
, German Olympic bobsledder
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January 5
Jason Basham
, American stock car racing driver
38
Giuseppe Gibilisco
, Italian pole vaulter
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January 6
Christina Chanée
, Danish-Thai pop singer
Bernice Liu
, Hong Kong actress
January 7
Bipasha Basu
, Indian actress and model
Aloe Blacc
, American singer and rapper
Christian Lindner
, German politician
January 8
Seol Ki-hyeon
, South Korean footballer
Adrian Mutu
, Romanian footballer
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Stipe Pletikosa
, Croatian football goalkeeper
Sarah Polley
, Canadian actress, writer, director, producer and political activist
January 10
Francesca Piccinini
, Italian volleyball player
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January 11
Terence Morris
, American basketball player
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Siti Nurhaliza
, Malaysian singer
January 12
Marián Hossa
, Slovak ice hockey player
Lee Bo-young
, South Korean actress and model
Grzegorz Rasiak
, Polish footballer
January 13
María de Villota
, Spanish racing driver (d.
2013
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Yang Wei
, Chinese badminton player
January 15
Drew Brees
, American football player
Martin Petrov
, Bulgarian footballer
January 16
Aaliyah
, American R&B singer and actress (d.
2001
January 17
Sharon Chan
, Hong Kong actress
Masae Ueno
, Japanese judoka
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January 18
Jay Chou
, Taiwanese singer, song producer and actor
Paulo Ferreira
, Portuguese footballer
Roberta Metsola
, Maltese politician
Leo Varadkar
, 14th
Taoiseach
of Ireland
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January 19
Svetlana Khorkina
, Russian artistic gymnast
January 20
Rob Bourdon
, American drummer (
Linkin Park
Sargis Galstyan
, American actor
Asaka Kubo
, Japanese gravure idol
Will Young
, English singer
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January 21
Brian O'Driscoll
, Irish rugby union player
Inul Daratista
, Indonesian dangdut singer
Johann Hari
, Scot-Swiss Journalist and author
January 23
Larry Hughes
, American basketball player
January 24
Tatyana Ali
, American actress
Christine Lakin
, American actress
January 25
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
, American politician and businesswoman
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January 26
ACM Neto
, Brazilian lawyer and politician
Sara Rue
, American actress
January 27
Daniel Vettori
, New Zealand cricketer
January 29
Christina Koch
, American engineer and NASA astronaut
January 31
Jenny Wolf
, German speed skater
February
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Cerina Vincent
Valentín Elizalde
Tawakkol Karman
Josh Keaton
Irina Slutskaya
Jesse Spencer
Mena Suvari
Jocelyn Quivrin
Valentino Rossi
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jordan Peele
February 1
Mahek Chahal
, Norwegian actress and model
Valentín Elizalde
, Mexican singer (d.
2006
Peter Fulton
, New Zealand cricketer
Juan
, Brazilian football player and coach
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Rachelle Lefevre
, Canadian actress
Clodoaldo Silva
, Brazilian paralympian swimmer
February 2
Fani Chalkia
, Greek athlete
Mayer Hawthorne
, American soul singer
Christine Lampard
, Northern Ireland television presenter
Shamita Shetty
, Indian actress and interior designer
February 4
Andrei Arlovski
, Belarusian mixed martial artist
Jodi Shilling
, American actress
Tabitha Brown
, American actress
February 5
Paulo Gonçalves
, Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider (d.
2020
Ilaria Salvatori
, Italian fencer
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February 7
Cerina Vincent
, American actress and writer
Tawakkol Karman
, Yemeni politician,
Nobel Peace Prize
laureate
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February 8
Josh Keaton
, American actor
Aleksey Mishin
, Russian wrestler
February 9
Ânderson Polga
, Brazilian footballer
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Irina Slutskaya
, Russian figure skater
Zhang Ziyi
, Chinese actress and model
February 10
Paul Waggoner
, American guitarist (
Between the Buried and Me
February 11
Brandy Norwood
, African-American singer and actress
February 12
Jesse Spencer
, Australian actor
February 13
Anders Behring Breivik
, Norwegian
far-right terrorist
responsible for the
2011 Norway attacks
Mena Suvari
, American actress
Rafael Márquez
, Mexican footballer
February 14
Wesley Moodie
, South African tennis player
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Jocelyn Quivrin
, French actor (d.
2009
February 16
Valentino Rossi
, Italian seven-time
MotoGP
world champion
Eric Mun
, leader of Korean boy-band
Shinhwa
February 17
Cara Black
, Zimbabwean tennis player
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February 19
Mariana Ochoa
, Mexican singer and actress
Vitas
, Ukrainian and Russian singer and actor
February 20
Song Chong-gug
, South Korean footballer
February 21
Maria Annus
, Estonian actress
Carly Colón
, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
Nathalie Dechy
, French tennis player
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
, American actress and singer
Jordan Peele
, American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
February 25
László Bodnár
, Hungarian footballer
February 26
Corinne Bailey Rae
, British singer-songwriter and guitarist
Susana Diazayas
, Mexican actress
Ngô Thanh Vân
, Norwegian-Vietnamese actress, singer and model
February 28
Michael Bisping
, British mixed martial artist
Sébastien Bourdais
, French racing driver
Sander van Doorn
, Dutch DJ and electronic music producer
Ivo Karlović
, Croatian tennis player
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March
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Ricardo Rosselló
Melina Perez
Tim Howard
Oscar Isaac
Danny Pudi
Joel Madden
Adam Levine
Lee Pace
Norah Jones
March 4
Ben Fouhy
, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
Geoff Huegill
, Australian swimmer
March 5
Martin Axenrot
, Swedish metal drummer
Riki Lindhome
, American actress and comedian
Tang Gonghong
, Chinese weightlifter
March 6
Érik Bédard
, Canadian pitcher
Tim Howard
, American soccer player
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March 7
Stephanie Anne Mills
, Canadian voice actress
Ricardo Rosselló
, Puerto Rican politician,
Governor of Puerto Rico
March 8
Jasmine You
, Japanese musician (d.
2009
Tom Chaplin
, British singer (
Keane
March 9
Oscar Isaac
, Guatemalan-American actor
Melina Perez
, American professional wrestler
March 10
Danny Pudi
, American actor
March 12
Pete Doherty
, British singer and guitarist (
The Libertines
Babyshambles
March 13
Johan Santana
, Venezuelan baseball player
March 14
Nicolas Anelka
, French footballer
Gao Ling
, Chinese badminton player
Chris Klein
, American actor
Michele Riondino
, Italian actor
March 16
Adriana Fonseca
, Mexican actress and dancer
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March 17
Samoa Joe
, American professional wrestler
March 18
Shola Ama
, English singer
Adam Levine
, American singer (
Maroon 5
March 19
Emil Dimitriev
, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister
Ivan Ljubičić
, Croatian tennis player and coach
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Hedo Türkoğlu
, Turkish basketball player
March 20
Freema Agyeman
, British actress
Daniel Cormier
, American retired mixed martial artist
Bianca Lawson
, American actress
Silvia Navarro
, Spanish handball player
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March 23
Mark Buehrle
, American baseball player
Bryan Fletcher
, American football player
Misty Hyman
, American swimmer
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March 24
Gaitana
, Ukrainian singer and songwriter
Lake Bell
, American actress and filmmaker
March 25
Lee Pace
, American actor
Gorilla Zoe
, American rapper
March 26
Juliana Paes
, Brazilian actress and model
March 28
Shakib Khan
, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities
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March 29
Estela Giménez
, Spanish gymnast
March 30
Daniel Arenas
, Colombian-Mexican actor
Jose Pablo Cantillo
, American actor
Norah Jones
, American musician
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Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
, Ukrainian football player and coach
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April
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Lindy Booth
Jesse Carmichael
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Claire Danes
Jennifer Morrison
Luke Evans
Kourtney Kardashian
Kate Hudson
James McAvoy
Jaime King
April 1
Ruth Beitia
, Spanish high jumper and politician
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April 2
Lindy Booth
, Canadian actress
Jesse Carmichael
, American musician (
Maroon 5
April 3
Živilė Balčiūnaitė
, Lithuanian long-distance runner
Grégoire
, French singer-songwriter
Sasa Ognenovski
, Australian footballer
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April 4
Heath Ledger
, Australian actor and music video director (d.
2008
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Roberto Luongo
, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Maksim Opalev
, Russian canoeist
Natasha Lyonne
, American actress
April 5
Sarah Dobbe
, Dutch politician
Timo Hildebrand
, German footballer
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April 8
Mohamed Kader
, Togolese footballer
Alexi Laiho
, Finnish musician (
Children of Bodom
) (d.
2020
David Petruschin
, American drag queen
April 9
Sebastián Silva
, Chilean director, actor, screenwriter, painter and musician
Keshia Knight Pulliam
, African-American actress
Mario Matt
, Austrian alpine skier
April 10
Rachel Corrie
, American activist and diarist (d.
2003
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Tsuyoshi Domoto
, Japanese entertainer (
KinKi Kids
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
, British singer
April 11
Sebastien Grainger
, Canadian singer and musician
Michel Riesen
, Swiss ice hockey player
Josh Server
, American actor
April 12
Claire Danes
, American actress
Mateja Kežman
, Serbian footballer
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Jennifer Morrison
, American actress
April 13
Baron Davis
, American basketball player
April 14
Pedro Andrade
, Brazilian journalist and model
Rebecca DiPietro
, American model
Pierre Roland
, Indonesian actor
April 15
Karen David
, Indian born-Canadian actress and singer
Luke Evans
, Welsh actor and singer
April 17
Sung Si-kyung
, South Korean singer
April 18
Michael Bradley
, American basketball player
Anthony Davidson
, English racing driver
Yusuke Kamiji
, Japanese actor
Kourtney Kardashian
, American reality television star
April 19
Kate Hudson
, American actress and co-founder of
Fabletics
Antoaneta Stefanova
, Bulgarian chess player
April 20
Teoh Beng Hock
, Malaysian journalist (d.
2009
April 21
James McAvoy
, Scottish actor
Karin Rask
, Estonian actress
April 22
Daniel Johns
, Australian musician (
Silverchair
April 23
Yana Gupta
, Indian actress of Czech origin
Jaime King
, American actress
Joanna Krupa
, Polish-born American model and actress
April 24
Laurentia Tan
, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne
Avey Tare
, American musician
Adam Andretti
, American race car driver
April 25
Andreas Küttel
, Swiss ski jumper
Andrea Osvárt
, Hungarian actress
April 27
Travis Meeks
, American musician (
Days of the New
April 28
Bahram Radan
, Iranian actor
April 29
Jo O'Meara
, English singer (
S Club 7
April 30
Shelley Calene-Black
, American voice actress
May
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Lance Bass
Jon Montgomery
Rosario Dawson
Mickey Madden
Maggie Q
Ashley Massaro
Elisabeth Harnois
Jesse Bradford
May 1
Roman Lyashenko
, Russian ice hockey player (d.
2003
Lars Berger
, Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier
Mauro Bergamasco
, Italian rugby union player
May 2
Jason Chimera
, Canadian ice hockey player
May 3
Danny Foster
, English singer (
Hear'Say
Ingrid Isotamm
, Estonian actress
May 4
Lance Bass
, American singer (
NSYNC
Wes Butters
, English broadcaster
May 5
Vincent Kartheiser
, American actor
May 6
Mark Burrier
, American cartoonist
Kerry Ellis
, English stage actress and singer
Gerd Kanter
, Estonian discus thrower
Jon Montgomery
, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of
The Amazing Race Canada
May 8
Wendy Armoko
, Indonesian singer, actor, presenter and comedian
May 9
Pierre Bouvier
, Canadian musician
Rosario Dawson
, American actress
May 10
Marieke Vervoort
, Belgian athlete (d.
2019
Lee Hyori
, South Korean entertainer
May 12
Adrian Serioux
, Canadian soccer player
May 13
Mickey Madden
, American musician (
Maroon 5
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
70
May 14
Urijah Faber
, WEC Featherweight Champion
Carlos Tenorio
, Ecuadorian footballer
71
May 15
James Mackenzie
, Scottish actor and TV presenter
May 16
Brandon Lee
, Filipino-American gay pornographic film actor
Jessica Morris
, American actress
Barbara Nedeljáková
, Slovak actress
May 18
Mariusz Lewandowski
, Polish footballer
Michal Martikán
, Slovak slalom canoeist
Jens Bergensten
, Swedish game designer and co-founder of the game company
Mojang
May 19
Andrea Pirlo
, Italian footballer
Diego Forlán
, Uruguayan football player
May 20
Andrew Scheer
, Canadian politician
May 22
Maggie Q
, American actress
Nazanin Boniadi
, Iranian-British-American actress
May 23
Rasual Butler
, American basketball player (d.
2018
May 24
Frank Mir
, American mixed martial artist
Tracy McGrady
, American basketball player
May 25
Jonny Wilkinson
, English rugby union player
72
May 26
Ashley Massaro
, American professional wrestler and model (d.
2019
Elisabeth Harnois
, American actress
May 27
Michael Buonauro
, American comic creator
May 28
Jesse Bradford
, American actor
May 29
Brian Kendrick
, American wrestler
May 30
Clint Bowyer
, American race car driver
Fabian Ernst
, German footballer
73
Rie Kugimiya
, Japanese voice actress and singer
June
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Morena Baccarin
Pete Wentz
Anna Torv
Robyn
Chris Pratt
Mindy Kaling
Busy Philipps
Ryan Tedder
Felicia Day
Matisyahu
June 1
TheFatRat
, German musician and producer
Markus Persson
, Swedish video game programmer, designer and creator of
Minecraft
Rhea Santos
, Filipina journalist based in Canada
June 2
Choirul Huda
, Indonesian professional footballer and civil servant (d.
2017
Morena Baccarin
, Brazilian actress
June 3
Pierre Poilievre
, Canadian politician
June 4
Naohiro Takahara
, Japanese football player and coach
74
June 5
François Sagat
, French male gay porn film actor, model and director
Pete Wentz
, American musician, lyricist and bassist (
Fall Out Boy
June 6
Solenne Figuès
, French swimmer
75
Shanda Sharer
, American murder victim (d.
1992
June 7
Anna Torv
, Australian actress
Kevin Hofland
, Dutch footballer
June 8
Pete Orr
, Canadian baseball player
Eddie Hearn
, British promoter
June 9
Émilie Loit
, French tennis player
June 10
Lee Brice
, American country music singer-songwriter
June 12
Robyn
, Swedish singer-songwriter
Amandine Bourgeois
, French singer
Diego Milito
, Argentine football player
June 13
Nila Håkedal
, Norwegian beach volleyball player
Ágnes Csomor
, Hungarian actress
June 14
Paradorn Srichaphan
, Thai tennis player
June 15
Yulia Nestsiarenka
, Belarusian athlete
June 16
Ari Hest
, American singer-songwriter
June 17
Young Maylay
, American actor, record producer and rapper
Nick Rimando
, American soccer player
76
June 18
Yumiko Kobayashi
, Japanese voice actress
Chris Neil
, Canadian ice hockey player
Pini Balili
, Israeli-Turkish footballer and manager
77
Ivana Wong
, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
June 19
José Kléberson
, Brazilian football player and coach
78
Kate Tsui
, Hong Kong actress
June 21
Chris Pratt
, American actor
Makasini Richter
, Tongan rugby league player
June 22
Sandra Klösel
, German tennis player
Jai Rodriguez
, American actor and musician
June 23
Marilyn Agliotti
, Dutch field hockey player
LaDainian Tomlinson
, American football player
June 24
Petra Němcová
, Czech model
Joaquín de Orbegoso
, Peruvian actor
Craig Shergold
, British cancer patient
Mindy Kaling
, American actress, comedian and author
June 25
Busy Philipps
, American film actress
June 26
Ryan Tedder
, American singer (
OneRepublic
), songwriter and producer
Julia Benson
, Canadian actress
June 27
Cazwell
, American rapper and songwriter
Martin Bourboulon
, French film director and screenwriter
Scott Taylor
, American politician
Fabrizio Miccoli
, Italian professional footballer
June 28
Felicia Day
, American actress, writer, director, violinist and singer
Randy McMichael
, American football player
June 29
Lee Hee-joon
, South Korean actor
Abz Love
, English singer (
5ive
Marleen Veldhuis
, Dutch swimmer
Yehuda Levi
, Israeli actor and male model
Liliana Castro
, Ecuadorian-born Brazilian actress
Artur Avila
, Brazilian and French mathematician
June 30
Rick Gonzalez
, American actor
Ed Kavalee
, Australian comedian, actor, radio and television host
Faisal Shahzad
, Pakistani-American bomber
Matisyahu
, Jewish-American reggae vocalist, beatboxer and alternative rock musician
Nelson Lucas
, Seychellois sprinter
Christopher Jacot
, Canadian actor
Andy Burrows
, English songwriter and musician
July
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Kevin Hart
Scott Porter
Laura Benanti
Jayma Mays
Mike Vogel
Marielle Franco
Rose Byrne
Mageina Tovah
Michelle Williams
July 1
Forrest Griffin
, American
mixed martial arts
fighter
Patrik Baboumian
, German-Iranian strongman competitor, strength athlete and bodybuilder
July 2
Diana Gurtskaya
, Georgian singer
Sam Hornish Jr.
, American race car driver
July 3
Sayuri Katayama
, Japanese actress, singer and lyricist
Ludivine Sagnier
, French model and actress
July 5
Shane Filan
, Irish singer (
Westlife
Amélie Mauresmo
, French tennis player
July 6
Mohsen Bengar
, Iranian footballer
Kevin Hart
, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
July 7
Pat Barry
, American kickboxer and mixed martial artist
Douglas Hondo
, Zimbabwean cricketer
July 9
Gary Chaw
, Malaysian Chinese singer
Ella Koon
, Hong Kong actress
July 10
Mehdi Hasan
, British journalist and broadcaster
Gong Yoo
, South Korean actor
July 11
Marina Gatell
, Spanish actress
Im Soo-jung
, South Korean actress
July 13
Laura Benanti
, American actress and singer
Ladyhawke
, New Zealand singer-songwriter
July 14
Axel Teichmann
, German cross-country skier
Scott Porter
, American actor and singer
79
July 15
Travis Fimmel
, Australian fashion model and actor
Alexander Frei
, Swiss footballer
80
July 16
Jim Banks
, American politician
81
Kinya Kotani
, Japanese singer
Kim Rhode
, American double trap and skeet shooter
Landy Wen
, Taiwanese singer
July 17
Mike Vogel
, American actor
July 19
Malavika
, Indian actress
David Sakurai
, Danish-Japanese actor, director, scriptwriter and martial artist
Bruno Cabrerizo
, Brazilian football player, model and actor
July 20
Claudine Barretto
, Filipino film actress, television actress, entrepreneur and product endorser
Marcos Mion
, Brazilian TV host, actor, voice actor and businessman
Milan Nikolić
, Serbian accordionist
Adam Rose
, South African professional wrestler
Amr Shabana
, Egyptian squash player
July 21
Tamika Catchings
, American basketball player
82
Andriy Voronin
, Ukrainian footballer
83
July 23
Michelle Williams
, American singer and actress
July 24
Rose Byrne
, Australian actress
July 25
Juan Pablo Di Pace
, Argentinian actor and singer
Ali Carter
, English
snooker
player
July 26
Johnson Beharry
, British recipient of the
Victoria Cross
Tamyra Gray
, American singer
Derek Paravicini
, British pianist
Yūko Sano
, Japanese volleyball player
84
Mageina Tovah
, American actress
July 27
Marielle Franco
, Brazilian politician (d.
2018
Jorge Arce
, Mexican boxer
Shannon Moore
, American professional wrestler
July 30
Carlos Arroyo
, Puerto Rican basketball player
85
Show Lo
, Taiwanese singer
Graeme McDowell
, Northern Irish professional golfer
Maya Nasser
, Syrian journalist (d.
2012
July 31
B. J. Novak
, American actor, director and producer
August
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Jason Momoa
Evangeline Lilly
Maria Haukaas Mittet
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Peter Browngardt
Aaron Paul
August 1
Jason Momoa
, American actor
Junior Agogo
, Ghanaian footballer (d.
2019
Honeysuckle Weeks
, British actress
August 3
Evangeline Lilly
, Canadian actress and author of children's literature
Maria Haukaas Mittet
, Norwegian recording artist
August 4
Patryk Dominik Sztyber
, Polish rock musician
August 5
David Healy
, Northern Ireland footballer
María Isabel Sánchez Torregrosa
, Spanish politician
August 7
Miguel Llera
, Spanish footballer
Gangsta Boo
, American rapper (d.
2023
August 10
JoAnna Garcia
, American actress
Ted Geoghegan
, American screenwriter
August 11
Drew Nelson
, Canadian actor and voice actor
Bubba Crosby
, American baseball player
August 12
Peter Browngardt
, American cartoonist
Cindy Klassen
, Canadian speed skater
August 13
Taizō Sugimura
, Japanese politician
August 15
Carl Edwards
, American race car driver
Peter Shukoff
, American comedian, musician and personality
August 16
Sarah Balabagan
, Filipina prisoner and singer
August 19
Oumar Kondé
, Swiss footballer
August 20
Jamie Cullum
, English jazz pianist and singer
August 22
Matt Walters
, American football player
Angelu de Leon
, Filipina actress
August 23
Mulan Jameela
, Indonesian singer and politician
Ritchie Neville
, English singer (
5ive
August 24
Elva Hsiao
, Taiwanese singer
Michael Redd
, American basketball player
August 25
Andrew Hussie
, American artist
August 26
Jamal Lewis
, American football player
Cristian Mora
, Ecuadorian footballer
Erik Valdez
, American actor
August 27
Giovanni Capitello
, American filmmaker and actor
Tian Liang
, Chinese diver
Aaron Paul
, American actor
August 28
Robert Hoyzer
, German football referee
Yuki Maeda
, Japanese singer
Shane Van Dyke
, American actor
August 29
Justine Pasek
, Miss Universe 2002
August 30
Leon Lopez
, British actor, film director, singer-songwriter and occasional model
Tavia Yeung
, Hong Kong actress
Niki Chow
, Hong Kong actress
August 31
Mickie James
, American professional wrestler
Simon Neil
, Scottish musician (vocalist, guitarist, songwriter),
Biffy Clyro
Marmaduke Duke
Yuvan Shankar Raja
, Indian film composer
September
edit
Júlio César
Pink
Dave Annable
Amy Davidson
Flo Rida
Bam Margera
September 1
Neg Dupree
, British comedian
Margherita Granbassi
, Italian fencer
86
September 2
Ron Ng
, Hong Kong actor
Łukasz Żygadło
, Polish volleyball player
September 3
Júlio César
, Brazilian football goalkeeper
September 4
Maxim Afinogenov
, Russian ice hockey player
September 5
John Carew
, Norwegian footballer
Stacey Dales
, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
September 7
Nathan Hindmarsh
, Australian rugby league player
September 8
Pink
, American singer and actress
September 10
Mustis
, Norwegian pianist
Laia Palau
, Spanish basketball player
September 11
Eric Abidal
, French footballer
Cameron Richardson
, American actress and model
David Pizarro
, Chilean footballer
87
September 12
Michelle Dorrance
, American tap dancer
Jay McGraw
, American author, son of TV psychologist Dr.
Phil McGraw
September 13
Ivan Miljković
, Serbian volleyball player
September 14
Chris John
, Indonesian former featherweight boxing champion
Ivica Olić
, Croatian footballer
88
September 15
Dave Annable
, American actor
Amy Davidson
, American actress
Edna Ngeringway Kiplagat
, Kenyan long-distance runner
Patrick Marleau
, Canadian ice hockey player
September 16
Fanny
, French singer
Flo Rida
, African-American rapper
Soo Ae
, South Korean actress
September 17
Akin Ayodele
, American football player
Chuck Comeau
, Canadian drummer
September 18
Junichi Inamoto
, Japanese footballer
Alison Lohman
, American actress
September 19
Noémie Lenoir
, French supermodel
September 20
Lars Jacobsen
, Danish footballer
89
Aurélie Trouvé
, French politician
September 21
Chris Gayle
, Jamaican cricketer
90
September 22
MyAnna Buring
, Swedish-English actress
September 23
Lote Tuqiri
, Fijian-Australian rugby player
September 24
Justin Bruening
, American actor and model
Erin Chambers
, American actress
Julia Clarete
, Filipina actress
September 25
Rashad Evans
, American retired mixed martial artist
Michele Scarponi
, Italian road bicycle racer (d.
2017
September 26
Naomichi Marufuji
, Japanese professional wrestler
Taavi Rõivas
Prime Minister of Estonia
September 27
Zoltán Horváth
, Hungarian basketball player (d.
2009
Shinji Ono
, Japanese football player
Nathan Foley
, Australian performer
September 28
Bam Margera
, American skateboarder
Anndi McAfee
, American actress and voice actress
September 29
Gaitana
, Ukrainian singer and songwriter of Ukrainian and Congolese descent
Artika Sari Devi
, Putri Indonesia 2004
September 30
Mike Damus
, American actor
Vince Chong
, Malaysian singer
Juho Kuosmanen
, Finnish film director and screenwriter
91
October
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Brianna Brown
Rachael Leigh Cook
Aaron Ashmore
Shawn Ashmore
Kristanna Loken
Jawed Karim
Chris O'Dowd
Brandon Routh
John Krasinski
October 1
Rudi Johnson
, American football player
Senit
, Italian singer of Eritrean descent
Marko Stanojevic
, English-born Italian rugby union player
October 2
Brianna Brown
, American actress
October 3
Josh Klinghoffer
, American musician (
Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Morrison
, American professional wrestler
October 4
Caitriona Balfe
, Irish model and actress
Rachael Leigh Cook
, American actress
Adam Voges
, Australian cricketer
October 5
Gao Yuanyuan
, Chinese actress
October 6
Mohamed Kallon
, Sierra Leonean football player and coach
92
October 7
Aaron Ashmore
, Canadian film and television actor
Shawn Ashmore
, Canadian film and television actor
Simona Amânar
, Romanian gymnast
Tang Wei
, Chinese actress
October 8
Kristanna Loken
, American actress and model
October 9
Csézy
, Hungarian singer
Chris O'Dowd
, Irish actor and comedian
Brandon Routh
, American actor
Gonzalo Sorondo
, Uruguayan footballer
October 10
Wu Chun
, Bruneian actor, model and singer
Nicolás Massú
, Chilean tennis player
Mýa
, American singer and actress
October 11
Bae Doona
, South Korean actress
Gabe Saporta
, Uruguayan singer (
Cobra Starship
October 13
Wes Brown
, English footballer
93
Esmah Lahlah
, Dutch politician
Mamadou Niang
, Senegalese footballer
October 14
Stacy Keibler
, American actress and model
October 15
Jaci Velasquez
, American Christian singer
October 17
Kimi Räikkönen
, Finnish
2007
Formula 1
world champion
94
October 18
Ne-Yo
, African-American singer and songwriter
October 20
John Krasinski
, American actor
Paul O'Connell
, Irish rugby union player
Anna Boden
, American filmmaker
October 23
Jorge Solís
, Mexican professional boxer
Prabhas
, Indian actor
October 25
Sarah Thompson
, American actress
October 28
Glover Teixeira
, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist
Jawed Karim
, German and Bangladeshi-American software engineer, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of
Martin Škoula
, Czech ice hockey player
October 30
Geert Gabriëls
, Dutch politician
Yukie Nakama
, Japanese actress
October 31
Raziq Khan
, Pakistani cricketer
95
November
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Lamar Odom
Cote de Pablo
Mpule Kwelagobe
Neeti Mohan
Kelly Brook
Joel Kinnaman
November 1
Coco Crisp
, American baseball player
Maeve Kennedy McKean
, American public health official (d.
2020
Atsuko Enomoto
, Japanese voice actress
Milan Dudić
, Serbian footballer
November 2
Marián Čišovský
, Slovak footballer (d.
2020
Erika Flores
, American actress
November 3
Pablo Aimar
, Argentine footballer
Tim McIlrath
, American rock singer, songwriter (
Rise Against
November 4
Audrey Hollander
, American porn actress
November 5
Leonardo Nam
, Australian actor
Tarek Boudali
, French actor
Patrick Owomoyela
, German Footballer of Nigerian descent
November 6
Lamar Odom
, African-American retired basketball player
Myolie Wu
, Hong Kong actress
November 7
Jon Peter Lewis
, American singer and songwriter
November 8
Aaron Hughes
, Northern Irish footballer
Dania Ramirez
, Dominican actress
Dash Berlin
, Dutch DJ and music producer
Salvatore Cascio
, Italian actor
November 9
Cory Hardrict
, American actor
Darren Trumeter
, American actor and comedian
96
Caroline Flack
, English television and radio presenter and actress (d.
2020
November 12
Matt Cappotelli
, American professional wrestler (d.
2018
Cote de Pablo
, Chilean actress
Matt Stevic
, Australian rules football umpire
November 13
Henry Wolfe
, American actor and musician
Metta World Peace
, American basketball player
November 14
Mavie Hörbiger
, German actress
Olga Kurylenko
, Ukrainian model and actress
Mpule Kwelagobe
Miss Universe 1999
Osleidys Menéndez
, Cuban javelin thrower
97
November 17
Matthew Spring
, English footballer
November 18
Neeti Mohan
, Indian playback singer
November 19
Barry Jenkins
, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Larry Johnson
, American football player
Michelle Vieth
, American born Mexican actress and model
98
November 20
Ericson Alexander Molano
, Colombian gospel singer
November 21
Kim Dong-wan
, South Korean singer and actor
Vincenzo Iaquinta
, Italian footballer
99
November 22
Chris Doran
, Irish singer
Scott Robinson
, English singer (
5ive
Njabuliso Simelane
, Swaziland international footballer
November 23
Kelly Brook
, English actress and model
Nihat Kahveci
, Turkish footballer
100
Ivica Kostelić
, Croatian alpine skier
November 24
Carmelita Jeter
, American sprinter
101
November 25
Joel Kinnaman
Swedish-American
actor
November 26
Deborah Secco
, Brazilian actress
November 27
Ricky Carmichael
, American motorcycle and stock car racer
Hilary Hahn
, American violinist
November 28
Dane Bowers
, English singer-songwriter (
Another Level
Jamie Korab
, Canadian curler
Hakeem Seriki
, African-American rapper (
Chamillionaire
Daniel Henney
, American actor and model
November 29
Simon Amstell
, English comedian and writer
Jayceon Taylor
, American rapper (
The Game
November 30
Diego Klattenhoff
, Canadian actor
Andrés Nocioni
, Argentinian basketball player
December
edit
Sabina Babayeva
Sara Bareilles
Adam Brody
Zach Hill
December 2
Sabina Babayeva
, Azerbaijani singer
Yvonne Catterfeld
, German singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality
December 3
Daniel Bedingfield
, English pop singer and songwriter
Rock Cartwright
, American football player
Tiffany Haddish
, American actress and comedian
December 4
Adrian Zandberg
, Polish politician
December 5
Matteo Ferrari
, Italian footballer
102
December 6
Tim Cahill
, Australian footballer
103
December 7
Sara Bareilles
, American singer, songwriter and pianist
Ayako Fujitani
, Japanese actress
Jennifer Carpenter
, American actress
December 8
Ingrid Michaelson
, American indie pop singer-songwriter
December 10
Keiko Nemoto
, Japanese voice actress
December 11
Rider Strong
, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
December 12
Emin (singer)Emin Agalarov
, Azerbaijani-Russian singer-songwriter and businessman
Barulaganye Bolofete
, Botswana footballer
December 14
Chris Cheng
, American sport shooter
Michael Owen
, English footballer
December 15
Adam Brody
, American actor
Eric Young
, Canadian professional wrestler
Lee Carr
, African-American singer and songwriter
December 16
Trevor Immelman
, South African golfer
Brodie Lee
, American professional wrestler (d.
2020
Daniel Narcisse
, French handball player
Mihai Trăistariu
, Romanian singer and musician
December 17
Jaimee Foxworth
, American actress and model
Erion Veliaj
, Albanian politician, Mayor of Tirana
December 19
Kevin Devine
, American songwriter and musician
Paola Rey
, Colombian actress and model
Tara Summers
, English actress
December 20
Flávio
, Angolan footballer
Ramon Rodriguez
, Puerto Rican actor
December 22
Eleonora Lo Bianco
, Italian volleyball player
104
Petra Majdič
, Slovene cross-country skier
December 23
Jacqueline Bracamontes
, Mexican actress and beauty contest winner (
Nuestra Belleza México 2000
Kenny Miller
, Scottish football player
December 25
Ferman Akgül
, vocalist of Turkish nu-metal band
maNga
December 26
Chris Daughtry
, American singer and guitarist
Dimitry Vassiliev
, Russian ski jumper
December 28
James Blake
, American tennis player
André Holland
, American actor
Bree Williamson
, Canadian actress
Robert Edward Davis
, German-American rapper
Zach Hill
, American drummer (
Death Grips
December 29
Diego Luna
, Mexican actor
December 30
Flávio Amado
, Angolan footballer
105
Milana Terloeva
, Chechen journalist and author
Yelawolf
, American rapper
December 31
Bob Bryar
, American drummer (
My Chemical Romance
) (d.
2024
Elaine Cassidy
, Irish actress
Josh Hawley
, American politician,
U.S. Senator
MO
) from 2019
Unknown date
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Irene Cuadrado
, Spanish painter.
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Steven Weinberg
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Georg Wittig
Medicine
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Godfrey Hounsfield
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Mother Teresa
Economics
Theodore Schultz
W. Arthur Lewis
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Caryl, Christian,
Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century
(2013), 1979 as worldwide turning point;
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Facts on File.
Facts on File Yearbook: 1979
(1980) weekly factual report on events worldwide.
Hodson, H.V.
Annual Register of World Events 1979
(1980), in-depth coverage of major countries
Paxton, John, ed.
Statesman's Yearbook 1978–1979
(1980), statistical details on all countries
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