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What Happened In October 1979 In History

Historical Events for October, 1979

  • 1st » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
  • 1st » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
  • 1st » The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.
  • 2nd » Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
  • 6th » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
  • 12th » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.
  • 14th » The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people", and draws 200,000 people.
  • 15th » Black Monday (Malta) named Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party (Malta) e.g Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of
  • 17th » Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 17th » The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services.
  • 21st » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  • 26th » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is Park Chung-hee assassination e.g assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
  • 27th » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1979

  • 1st » Curtis Axel, American wrestler
  • 1st » Rudi Johnson, American football player
  • 1st » Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1st » Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
  • 1st » Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
  • 2nd » Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
  • 2nd » Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
  • 2nd » Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Sounds)
  • 3rd » Carlo Alban, Ecuadorian-American actor
  • 3rd » Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia (band) known as Ataxia, and The Bicycle Thief (band) or The Bicycle Thief)
  • 3rd » John Morrison (wrestler) e.g John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
  • 4th » Brandon Barash, American actor
  • 4th » Stefan Booth, English actor and singer
  • 4th » Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and producer
  • 4th » Björn Phau, German tennis player
  • 4th » Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
  • 5th » Vince Grella, Australian footballer
  • 5th » Joe Lipari, American comedian, radio host, and producer
  • 5th » Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 5th » Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese actress
  • 6th » David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
  • 6th » Richard Seymour, American football player
  • 6th » Lex Shrapnel, English actor
  • 6th » Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
  • 7th » Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
  • 7th » Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
  • 7th » Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
  • 7th » Tang Wei, Chinese actress
  • 8th » Paul Burchill, English wrestler
  • 8th » Kristanna Loken, American actress and producer
  • 8th » Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Shiny Toy Guns, Cloud2Ground, and pc Quest (band) named pc Quest)
  • 9th » Vernon Fox, American football player
  • 9th » Alex Greenwald, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Phantom Planet and JJAMZ)
  • 9th » Todd Kelly, Australian race car driver
  • 9th » Hendrik Odendaal, South African swimmer
  • 9th » DJ Rashad, American DJ and producer (d. 2014)
  • 9th » Brandon Routh, American actor
  • 9th » Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
  • 10th » Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (H.O.T., S (South Korean band) e.g S, and Kangta & Vanness)
  • 10th » Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
  • 10th » Wu Chun, Brunei-Taiwanese actor and singer (Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band) named Fahrenheit)
  • 10th » Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
  • 10th » Joel Przybilla, American basketball player
  • 11th » Jamar Beasley, American football player
  • 11th » Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress
  • 11th » Andy Douglas, American wrestler
  • 11th » Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-American singer-songwriter and producer (Cobra Starship, Midtown (band) known as Midtown, and Humble Beginnings)
  • 11th » Kim Yong-Dae, South Korean footballer
  • 12th » Steven Agnew, Irish politician
  • 12th » Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New Found Glory and International Superheroes of Hardcore)
  • 13th » Wes Brown, English footballer
  • 13th » Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
  • 14th » Stacy Keibler, American wrestler and actress
  • 14th » Liina-Grete Lilender, Estonian figure skater
  • 15th » Bohemia (musician) known as Bohemia, Pakistani-American rapper and producer
  • 15th » Blue Adams, American football player and coach
  • 15th » Jekaterina Golovatenko, Estonian figure skater
  • 15th » Paul Robinson (footballer born 1979) named Paul Robinson, English footballer
  • 15th » Jaci Velasquez, American singer-songwriter
  • 15th » Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian footballer
  • 16th » Erin Brown, American actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 17th » Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist (Stream of Passion and Elfonía)
  • 17th » Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist
  • 17th » Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
  • 17th » Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
  • 18th » Ne-Yo, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor
  • 18th » Jaroslav Drobný (footballer) or Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer
  • 19th » José Luis López (footballer) named José Luis López, Mexican footballer
  • 19th » Brian Robertson (trombonist) named Brian Robertson, American trombonist (Suburban Legends)
  • 19th » Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer and actress (Country Musume) (d. 1999)
  • 20th » Vasyl Baranov, Ukrainian footballer
  • 20th » Paul Ifill, English-Barbadian footballer
  • 20th » John Krasinski, American actor, director, and producer
  • 20th » Paul Terek, American decathlete
  • 21st » Khalil Greene, American baseball player
  • 21st » Gabe Gross, American baseball player
  • 21st » Karl Harris, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
  • 22nd » Doni (footballer) or Doni, Brazilian footballer
  • 23rd » Ramón Castro (third baseman) called Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 23rd » Simon Davies (footballer born 1979) known as Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
  • 23rd » Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
  • 24th » Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter (Silverchair and Tambalane)
  • 24th » Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 25th » Eddie Argos, English singer-songwriter (Art Brut)
  • 25th » Bat for Lashes, English singer-songwriter
  • 25th » Rob Hulse, English footballer
  • 25th » Rosa Mendes, Canadian wrestler
  • 25th » Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish model and fashion designer
  • 25th » Sarah Thompson (actress) or Sarah Thompson, American actress
  • 25th » Tony Torcato, American baseball player
  • 26th » Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (d. 2002)
  • 26th » Josh Portman, American guitarist (Near Miss (band) named Near Miss and Yellowcard)
  • 28th » Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (d. 2012)
  • 28th » Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
  • 29th » Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor
  • 29th » Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician
  • 30th » Jason Bartlett (baseball) named Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
  • 30th » Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress and singer
  • 31st » Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
  • 31st » Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
  • 31st » Saaphyri Windsor, American model and actress

Famous Deaths for October 1979

  • 3rd » Ray Genet, American mountaineer (b. 1931)
  • 3rd » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (b. 1940)
  • 3rd » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
  • 6th » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (b. 1911)
  • 8th » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
  • 10th » Christopher Evans (computer scientist) e.g Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)
  • 10th » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
  • 13th » Antonio Berni, Argentine painter, illustrator and engraver (b. 1905)
  • 17th » S. J. Perelman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1904)
  • 17th » John Stuart (actor) named John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
  • 22nd » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
  • 25th » Gerald Templer, English field marshal (b. 1898)
  • 26th » Park Chung-hee, Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)
  • 30th » Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)
  • 30th » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (b. 1887)

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