3rd » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for Operation Cyclone called secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
9th » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
12th » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom.
15th » United States called U.S. President of the United States called President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called malaise speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives an
16th » President of Iraq called Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
17th » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
19th » The Sandinista National Liberation Front named Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Anastasio Somoza Debayle called Somoza family in Nicaragua.
25th » Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1979
1st » Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor
2nd » Walter Davis (triple jumper) known as Walter Davis, American triple jumper