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1979 Calendar

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•  January 28, 1979 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  February 1, 1979 – The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
•  May 10, 1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
•  May 25, 1979 – Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day (in 1983).
•  June 18, 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
•  July 16, 1979 – Iraqi President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
•  July 19, 1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
•  October 17, 1979 – Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
•  November 16, 1979 – The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
•  December 12, 1979 – The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.

•  January 15, 1979 – Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
•  February 11, 1979 – Brandy, American singer and actress
•  April 23, 1979 – Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress
•  May 6, 1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
•  May 14, 1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French Basketball player
•  June 4, 1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
•  June 12, 1979 – Diego Milito, Argentinian football player
•  July 28, 1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
•  October 28, 1979 – Aki Hakala, Finnish musician
•  November 2, 1979 – Simone Puleo, Italian footballer