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Month January 1979 Calendar

About Month of January Calendar

  • January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).

    January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.

Historical Events for January, 1979

  • Day of Week 1st » Formal diplomacy or diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
  • Day of Week 7th » Sino-Vietnamese War or Third Indochina War Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
  • Day of Week 8th » The Whiddy Island Disaster known as tanker 'Betelgeuse' explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
  • Day of Week 16th » The Mohammad Reza Pahlavi e.g last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
  • Day of Week 25th » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to the Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico.
  • Day of Week 28th » CBS News Sunday Morning debuts with original host and cocreator Charles Kuralt.
  • 28th » Pope John Paul II starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico.
  • Day of Week 30th » A Varig Boeing 707 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Varig Flight 820 Flight 820, 1979 Boeing 707-323C disappearance disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1979

  • 1st » Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Distillers Spinnerette)
  • 1st » Koichi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
  • 1st » Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
  • 1st » Kathryn Thomas, Irish television presenter
  • 2nd » Tim Cruz, American singer (B3 (band) known as B3 and React (band) called React)
  • 2nd » Jonathan Greening, English footballer
  • 3rd » Chris Geddes, Canadian volleyball player
  • 3rd » Rie Tanaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 3rd » Dina Tersago, Belgian model and television host, Miss Belgium or Miss Belgium 2001
  • 3rd » Koit Toome, Estonian singer
  • 4th » Shergo Biran, German footballer
  • 4th » Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver
  • 4th » Charity Rahmer, American actress
  • 5th » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 5th » Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
  • 6th » Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mellowdrone and Uh Huh Her (band) e.g Uh Huh Her)
  • 7th » Bipasha Basu, Indian model and actress
  • 7th » Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
  • 7th » Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
  • 8th » Torry Castellano, American drummer (The Donnas)
  • 8th » Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
  • 8th » Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
  • 8th » Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 8th » Tomasz Schafernaker, Polish-English meteorologist
  • 8th » Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
  • 8th » Mirella van Melis, Dutch cyclist
  • 9th » Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
  • 9th » Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and actress (Do As Infinity)
  • 10th » Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
  • 10th » Bodo Sieber, German rugby player
  • 11th » Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
  • 11th » Joana Cortez, Brazilian tennis player
  • 11th » Michael Lorenz (footballer) called Michael Lorenz, German footballer
  • 11th » Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 11th » Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
  • 12th » Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 12th » Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
  • 12th » Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
  • 12th » David Zabriskie, American cyclist
  • 13th » Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
  • 14th » Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
  • 14th » Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
  • 14th » John Reuben, American rapper
  • 14th » Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
  • 15th » 3Krazy, American rapper and producer
  • 15th » Drew Brees, American football player
  • 15th » Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer and actor (F4 (band) e.g F4)
  • 15th » Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
  • 15th » Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
  • 16th » Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2001)
  • 16th » Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist
  • 16th » Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
  • 16th » Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 16th » Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 17th » Oleg Lisogor, Ukrainian swimmer
  • 17th » Chase Stevens, American wrestler
  • 19th » Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
  • 19th » Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
  • 19th » Wiley (rapper) known as Wiley, English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
  • 20th » Asaka Kubo, Japanese singer
  • 20th » Shang Yi, Chinese footballer
  • 20th » Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
  • 21st » Byung-Hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
  • 21st » Spider Loc, American rapper and actor
  • 22nd » Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician
  • 22nd » Carlos Ruiz (baseball) or Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
  • 23rd » Larry Hughes, American basketball player
  • 23rd » Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 24th » Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
  • 24th » Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
  • 24th » Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 24th » Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and daredevil
  • 25th » Pi Hongyan, French badminton player
  • 25th » Gabe Jennings, American runner
  • 25th » Christine Lakin, American actress
  • 25th » Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
  • 26th » Sara Rue, American actress
  • 27th » Mario Fatafehi, American football player
  • 27th » Rosamund Pike, English actress
  • 27th » Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgian volleyball player
  • 27th » Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer
  • 28th » Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
  • 29th » Marvin Agustin, Filipino actor
  • 29th » Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
  • 29th » Andrew Keegan, American actor and producer
  • 29th » April Scott, American actress and model
  • 29th » Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish businessman
  • 30th » Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 30th » Tarmo Jallai, Estonian hurdler
  • 30th » Wimberg, Estonian writer
  • 31st » Daniel Tammet, English author and educator
  • 31st » Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor

Famous Deaths for January 1979

  • 3rd » Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887)
  • 5th » Billy Bletcher, American actor (b. 1894)
  • 5th » Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
  • 8th » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (Carter Family) (b. 1898)
  • 9th » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
  • 13th » Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
  • 13th » Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
  • 14th » Thomas DeSimone, American gangster (b. 1950)
  • 16th » Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
  • 16th » August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
  • 20th » Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
  • 22nd » Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
  • 26th » Nelson Rockefeller, American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
  • 27th » Qalandar Baba Auliya, Indian mystic (b. 1898)
  • 28th » Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901)

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