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