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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 28, 1979 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• March 16, 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People’s Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
• April 4, 1979 – Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• April 11, 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• May 10, 1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
• June 4, 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• June 12, 1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
• October 12, 1979 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published.
• 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.

Who Were Born On 1979?

• January 15, 1979 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• February 19, 1979 – Andrew Buchan, English actor
• March 13, 1979 – Cédric Van Branteghem, Belgian sprinter
• April 13, 1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
• April 21, 1979 – Cindy Kurleto, Austrian-Filipino model and actress
• June 2, 1979 – Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• July 12, 1979 – Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist
• September 27, 1979 – Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
• October 4, 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
• October 25, 1979 – Bat for Lashes, English singer-songwriter (Sexwitch)