267 notable events from 1979 — murders, air crashes and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- Soviet–Afghan War
Dec 25, 1979–Feb 15, 1989 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Three Mile Island accident
Mar 28, 1979 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Iran hostage crisis
Nov 4, 1979–Jan 20, 1981 · Iran · Kidnapping & hostage
- American Airlines Flight 191
May 25, 1979 · United States · Aviation accident
- Thomas DeSimone
Jan 14, 1979 · Murder & homicide
- Grand Mosque seizure
Nov 20, 1979–Dec 4, 1979 · Saudi Arabia · Kidnapping & hostage
- Totsuka Yacht School Incident
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1982 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Salvadoran Civil War
Oct 15, 1979–Jan 16, 1992 · El Salvador · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Lord Mountbatten
Aug 27, 1979 · Ireland · Murder & homicide
- Iran–Israel conflict
from Feb 18, 1979 · Saudi Arabia · War & armed conflict
- Atlanta murders of 1979–1981
Jul 21, 1979–May 21, 1981 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)
Jan 29, 1979 · United States · Shooting
- Vela incident
Sep 22, 1979 · South Africa · War & armed conflict
- Church Rock uranium mill spill
Jul 16, 1979 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- Assassination of Park Chung Hee
Oct 26, 1979 · South Korea · Murder & homicide
- Disco Demolition Night
Jul 12, 1979 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Mount Erebus disaster
Nov 28, 1979 · Antarctica · Aviation accident
- Disappearance of Etan Patz
May 25, 1979 · United States · Disappearance
- Mitsubishi Bank sporting gun kidnapping
Jan 26, 1979 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Tommy Lynn Sells
Jul 5, 1979–Dec 31, 1999 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Basij
Nov 26, 1979 · Iran · Terrorism
- Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Warrenpoint ambush
Aug 27, 1979 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Operation Storm-333
Dec 27, 1979 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- 1979 oil crisis
1979 · Crisis
- Nagaokakyō bracken-picking murder case
May 23, 1979 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Fabrizio De André and Dori Ghezzi
Aug 27, 1979–Dec 21, 1979 · Italy · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1979 South Korean coup d'état
Dec 12, 1979 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Western Airlines Flight 2605
Oct 31, 1979 · Mexico · Aviation accident
- Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood)
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- 1979 Ba'ath Party purge
Jul 22, 1979 · Iraq · Massacre
- Sverdlovsk anthrax leak
from Apr 2, 1979 · Russian Federation · Scandal & controversy
- Colin Pitchfork
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1986 · Attack (other)
- Egypt–Israel peace treaty
Mar 26, 1979 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Brenda Ann Spencer
Jan 29, 1979 · United States · Massacre
- Murder of Michelle Martinko
Dec 19, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Bevan Spencer von Einem
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
Apr 20, 1979 · United States · Attack (other)
- Robert Boulin case
Oct 30, 1979 · France · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Debra Jackson
Oct 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Marichjhapi massacre
Jan 24, 1979–May 18, 1979 · India · Massacre
- Varig Flight 967
Jan 30, 1979 · Kiribati · Disappearance
- Greensboro massacre
Nov 3, 1979 · United States · Massacre
- North Kanto serial kidnappings and murders
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1979 Fastnet Race
1979 · United Kingdom · Maritime disaster
- 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
Aug 11, 1979 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Ixtoc I oil spill
Jun 3, 1979 · Mexico · Industrial & structural disaster
- The Family Murders
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1983 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Aleksey Sukletin
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1985 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- TWA Flight 841 (1979)
Apr 4, 1979 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Rebecca Kunash
May 11, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1979 Nihonzaka Tunnel fire
Jul 11, 1979 · Japan · Fire
- Murder of Tammy Alexander
Nov 9, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Manises UFO incident
Nov 11, 1979 · Spain · Aviation accident
- White Night riots
May 1979 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Koos Hertogs
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- Danny Bible
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- Nicholas Todd Sutton
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1985 · Murder & homicide
- Billy Bailey
Jun 12, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Briley brothers
Oct 19, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Sydney Ghost Train fire
Jun 9, 1979 · Australia · Rail accident
- Islamist uprising in Syria
May 31, 1979 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Anatoly Nagiyev
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Arthur Gary Bishop
Oct 14, 1979–Jul 14, 1983 · United States · Attack (other)
- Daniel Lee Siebert
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1986 · Murder & homicide
- Geylang Bahru family murders
Jan 6, 1979 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Martin Allen
Nov 5, 1979 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Lewis–Clark Valley murders
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1982 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kitakyushu hospital director murder case
Nov 4, 1979 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Busan–Masan Uprising
Oct 16, 1979–Oct 20, 1979 · South Korea · Riot & unrest
- Kaohsiung Incident
Dec 10, 1979 · Taiwan · Riot & unrest
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
Mar 1979 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak
1979 · United States · Natural disaster
- Murder of Robin Samsoe
Jun 20, 1979 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Airey Neave
Mar 30, 1979 · United Kingdom · Terrorism
- Nasser Al Saeed
Dec 17, 1979 · War & armed conflict
- 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
Aug 18, 1979 · Equatorial Guinea · War & armed conflict
- Steven Judy
Apr 28, 1979 · Murder & homicide
- 1979 Montenegro earthquake
Apr 15, 1979 · Montenegro · Earthquake
- 1979 Warsaw gas explosion
Feb 15, 1979 · Poland · Bombing & explosion
- 1979 Herat uprising
Mar 15, 1979–Mar 20, 1979 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- American Airlines Flight 444
Nov 15, 1979 · United States · Aviation accident
- Ciro Principessa
Apr 19, 1979 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Aleppo Artillery School massacre
Jun 16, 1979 · Syrian Arab Republic · Massacre
- Osaki case
Oct 1979 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740
Nov 26, 1979 · Saudi Arabia · Aviation accident
- 1979 Mississauga train derailment
Nov 10, 1979 · Canada · Rail accident
- 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
Oct 15, 1979 · El Salvador · War & armed conflict
- Wildrake diving accident
Aug 8, 1979 · United Kingdom · Maritime disaster
- Operation Caban
Sep 21, 1979 · Central African Republic · War & armed conflict
- Swissair Flight 316
Oct 8, 1979 · Greece · Aviation accident
- Soviet war crimes in the Soviet–Afghan War
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1989 · Afghanistan · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Operation Barracuda
Sep 21, 1979 · Central African Republic · War & armed conflict
- 1979 Nice tsunami
Oct 16, 1979 · France · Natural disaster
- Thomas Bunday
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1981 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Anfruns case
Jun 3, 1979 · Chile · Murder & homicide
- Robert Taylor incident
Nov 9, 1979 · United Kingdom · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1979 Qatif Uprising
Dec 3, 1979 · Saudi Arabia · War & armed conflict
- Whiddy Island disaster
Jan 8, 1979 · Ireland · Maritime disaster
- William Patrick Fyfe
Oct 17, 1979–Dec 15, 1999 · Canada · Murder & homicide