267 notable events from 1979. Page 2 of 3.
- Francesco Cecchin
May 28, 1979–May 29, 1979 · —
- Val Johnson incident
Aug 27, 1979 · United States
- Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12
Sep 14, 1979 · Italy
- Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Feb 12, 1979 · Zimbabwe
- 1979 Machchhu dam failure
Aug 11, 1979 · India
- Gotha art theft
Dec 14, 1979 · Germany
- 1979 U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad
Nov 21, 1979 · Pakistan
- Downeast Airlines Flight 46
May 30, 1979 · United States
- Woolworths Manchester fire
May 8, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Charles Coleman (murderer)
Feb 9, 1979 · —
- Kita, Tokyo girl murder case
Jul 28, 1979 · Japan
- Aeroflot Flight 1691
Mar 17, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Hotel Corona de Aragón fire
Jul 12, 1979 · Spain
- Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527
Jul 26, 1979 · Brazil
- Toshihiko Hasegawa and Masamichi Ida
Nov 18, 1979–Dec 25, 1983 · Japan
- Brandon Astor Jones
Jun 17, 1979 · —
- Murder of Katarina Jakobsson
Nov 7, 1979 · Sweden
- Kumamoto housewife murder case
Sep 11, 1979 · Japan
- Terry Hyatt
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1987 · —
- Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600
Mar 13, 1979 · Qatar
- 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
Apr 1979–Dec 1979 · Iran
- Murder of Michelle Busha
Dec 1, 1979 · United States
- 1979 Nahariya attack
Apr 22, 1979 · Israel
- Robert Glen Coe
Sep 1, 1979 · —
- Marvin Irvin
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1990 · —
- William Wickline
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1982 · —
- 1979 Wichita Falls tornado
Apr 10, 1979 · United States
- Waseda University High School student murder case
Jan 14, 1979 · Japan
- Glasgow pub bombings
Feb 17, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Incident with the Soviet Il-62 in New York (1979)
Aug 24, 1979–Aug 28, 1979 · United States
- 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake
Oct 15, 1979 · Mexico
- Operation Miracle (Rhodesia)
Sep 26, 1979 · Mozambique
- Robert O'Neal (murderer)
Jul 6, 1979 · United States
- Fernando Eros Caro
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · United States
- Gary Schaefer
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1983 · —
- Walter Blair Jr.
Aug 19, 1979 · United States
- Murder of Tammy Vincent
Sep 10, 1979 · United States
- 1979 Tumaco earthquake
Dec 12, 1979 · Ecuador
- James W. Hutchins
May 31, 1979 · United States
- Dan-Air Flight 0034
Jul 31, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Attempted murder on Jacques Tillier
Sep 1979 · France
- American Airlines Flight 293
Jun 20, 1979 · United States
- Murder of Pierluigi Torregiani
Feb 16, 1979 · Italy
- David Allen Lucas
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1984 · United States
- Murder of Teresa De Simone
Dec 5, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Dangrek Incident
Jun 8, 1979 · Thailand
- Air New Zealand Flight 4374
Feb 17, 1979 · New Zealand
- May 1979 Madrid bombing
May 26, 1979 · Spain
- Toshihiko Hasegawa and Masamichi Ida
Nov 19, 1979–Dec 25, 1983 · Japan
- Freddy Horion
Feb 2, 1979–Jun 23, 1979 · —
- Execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Apr 4, 1979 · —
- 1979 uprisings in Afghanistan
Dec 25, 1979 · Afghanistan
- Michael Carl George
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1990 · —
- David Van Dyke
Jul 19, 1979–Apr 25, 1980 · —
- 1979 Piazza Nicosia attack
May 3, 1979 · Holy See (Vatican City State)
- Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 381
Jul 21, 1979 · Japan
- Ronald Woomer
Feb 22, 1979 · —
- Aeroflot Flight 5484
Aug 29, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Malcolm Robbins
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1980 · United States
- Paul Brumfitt
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1999 · United Kingdom
- Assam conflict
Jan 1, 1979 · India
- 1979 San Antonio parade shooting
Apr 27, 1979 · United States
- 1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq
1979–1980 · Iraq
- Via Moncucco massacre
Nov 4, 1979 · Italy
- 1979 Ngaragba Prison massacre
Apr 19, 1979 · Central African Republic
- Murder of Emilio Alessandrini
Jan 29, 1979 · Italy
- Windsor Locks tornado
Oct 3, 1979 · United States
- Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen in Ba'athist Iraq
1979–2003 · —
- International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue
Apr 27, 1979 · —
- Órbigo river accident
Apr 10, 1979 · Spain
- Johnny Blake Peterson
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1983 · —
- Joseph Giarratano
Feb 4, 1979 · —
- Bagram Il-76 crash of 1979
Dec 25, 1979 · Afghanistan
- Charles Laverne Singleton
Jun 1, 1979 · —
- Tong Chup massacre
Mar 9, 1979 · Vietnam
- 1979 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crash
Mar 26, 1979 · Sierra Leone
- Dennis Skillicorn
Jan 1, 1979–Jan 1, 1994 · —
- Bala Hissar uprising
Aug 5, 1979 · Afghanistan
- Quebecair Flight 255
Mar 29, 1979 · Canada
- Killing of Eula Love
Jan 3, 1979 · United States
- Tropical Storm Claudette (1979)
Jul 16, 1979–Jul 29, 1979 · —
- 1979 Ma'alot attack
Jan 13, 1979 · Israel
- 1979 Brussels bombing
Aug 29, 1979 · Belgium
- 1979 Garuda Indonesian Airways Fokker F28 crash
Jul 11, 1979 · Indonesia
- Murder of Alberto Giaquinto
Jan 10, 1979 · Italy
- Ortona missiles affair
Nov 8, 1979 · Italy
- 1979 Petatlán earthquake
Mar 14, 1979 · Mexico
- Kerala massacre
Apr 20, 1979 · Afghanistan
- All Saints' Massacre
Nov 1, 1979 · Bolivia
- July 1979 Madrid bombings
Jul 29, 1979 · Spain
- Noda incident
1979 · Japan
- Battle of Đồng Đăng (1979)
Feb 23, 1979 · Vietnam
- Murder of Stefano Cecchetti
Jan 10, 1979 · Italy
- Killing of Andrea Campagna
Apr 19, 1979 · Italy
- Norcia earthquake of 1979
Sep 19, 1979 · Italy
- Air New England Flight 248
Jun 17, 1979 · United States
- Sierra Nevada affair
from Nov 1, 1979 · Venezuela
- Dungannon land mine attack
Dec 16, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Chindawol uprising
Jun 23, 1979 · Afghanistan
- Sofia restaurant massacre
Oct 10, 1979 · —