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1979 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1979 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1979

• January 1, 1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
• January 28, 1979 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• September 24, 1979 – CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
• October 26, 1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-gyu. Choi Kyu-hah becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
• October 27, 1979 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 1, 1979 – In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Dr. Wálter Guevara.
• November 17, 1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
• December 21, 1979 – Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Peter Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
• December 24, 1979 – The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
• December 27, 1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Who Were Born On 1979?

• February 25, 1979 – David Hoflin, Swedish-Australian actor
• April 12, 1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
• April 21, 1979 – Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer and coach
• May 3, 1979 – Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress and singer
• June 26, 1979 – Ryan Tedder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (OneRepublic)
• July 10, 1979 – Jorun Marie Kvernberg, Norwegian Hardingfele player
• July 14, 1979 – Scott Porter, American actor and singer
• August 10, 1979 – Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• August 25, 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• September 27, 1979 – Steve Simpson, Australian rugby player