267 notable events from 1979. Page 3 of 3.
- Nijmegen train collision
Aug 28, 1979 · Netherlands
- SAETA Flight 011 (1979)
Apr 23, 1979 · Ecuador
- Aeroflot Flight 7502
Jan 15, 1979 · Belarus
- Battle of Tororo
Mar 4, 1979 · Kenya
- Murder of Lino Sabbadin
Feb 16, 1979 · Italy
- Luiz Gonzaga Pereira dos Santos
Jun 29, 1979 · —
- Battle of Lira
May 15, 1979 · Uganda
- Beira fuel depot attack
Mar 23, 1979 · Mozambique
- Invergowrie rail accident
Oct 22, 1979 · United Kingdom
- Peter Hullermann
Jan 1, 1979 · Germany
- 1979 FAC-1101 pilot suicide incident
Aug 22, 1979 · Colombia
- Paisley Gilmour Street rail accident
Apr 16, 1979 · United Kingdom
- 1979 Chile–Peru espionage scandal
1979 · Peru
- 1979 Ankara Turkish Airlines F28 crash
Dec 23, 1979 · Türkiye
- Alitalia Flight 713
Sep 8, 1979 · Lebanon
- South Korean People's Front Incident
1979 · South Korea
- La Seyne-sur-Mer attack
Apr 6, 1979 · France
- 1979 Mauritanian coup d'état
Apr 6, 1979 · Mauritania
- 1979 Sabana Seca ambush
Dec 3, 1979 · Puerto Rico
- Vitebsk Il-76 crash
Nov 23, 1979 · Belarus
- Aeroflot Flight 564
Nov 16, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Mirassol UFO incident
Jul 28, 1979 · Brazil
- Tiong Bahru bus hijacking
Nov 29, 1979 · Singapore
- Tupolev Tu-134 crash near Liepāja
Mar 22, 1979 · Latvia
- 1979 Nepalese student protests
1979 · —
- An-24 crash near Amderma
Sep 3, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Strażów train disaster
Sep 7, 1979 · Poland
- 1979 Rzhevka Let L-410 crash
Aug 3, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Qitaihe bombing
Dec 1, 1979 · China
- Robert W. Williams (murderer)
Jan 5, 1979 · —
- Let L-410 crash near Belgorod
Jan 18, 1979 · Russian Federation
- 1979 Antarctica Il-14 crash
Jan 2, 1979 · French Southern Territories
- Vadivelu Kathikesan murders
Oct 16, 1979 · Singapore
- 1979 Coyote Lake earthquake
Aug 6, 1979 · United States
- Ali Murad Davudi
Nov 11, 1979 · Iran
- Attack on the Gösgen nuclear power plant weather mast
Nov 3, 1979 · Switzerland
- YH incident
Aug 9, 1979–Aug 11, 1979 · —
- Muhammarah massacre
May 30, 1979 · United Kingdom
- 1979 Saint Elias earthquake
Feb 28, 1979 · United States
- Assassination of Ahmet Benler
Oct 12, 1979 · Netherlands
- Declerck affair
Feb 2, 1979 · France
- 1979 U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya
1979 · —
- 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes
Dec 18, 1979 · Iceland
- 1979 Naryan-Mar fire
Jul 15, 1979 · Russian Federation
- 1979 Yapen earthquake
Sep 12, 1979 · Indonesia
- 1979 Bali earthquake
Dec 17, 1979 · Indonesia
- 1979 Ghaenat earthquakes
Nov 27, 1979 · Iran
- Stalać rail crash
Sep 13, 1979 · Serbia
- Chhintang massacre
Nov 13, 1979 · Nepal
- Palm Island mystery disease
1979 · Australia
- Cercola rail accident
Jul 10, 1979 · Italy
- 1979 Cafetería Moicano attack
Apr 5, 1979 · Spain
- 1979 Cartagena level crossing accident
Nov 19, 1979 · Spain
- An-12 crash near Yeniseysk (1979)
Aug 24, 1979 · Russian Federation
- New York Airways Flight 972 (1979)
Apr 18, 1979 · United States
- Great Fire of Fukumitsu
Apr 11, 1979 · Japan
- Theft and crash of a CAAC Hawker Siddeley Trident 1979
Mar 14, 1979 · China
- An-26 crash near Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Dec 10, 1979 · Russian Federation
- Indian Airlines Boeing 737 accident at Madras Airport 1979
Apr 26, 1979 · India
- Sterling Airways Flight 4133
Sep 3, 1979 · Italy
- 1979 Lembata tsunami
Jul 18, 1979 · Indonesia
- Emilia-Romagna Press Association fire
Mar 13, 1979 · Italy
- Stalać rail accident
Sep 13, 1979 · —
- Transamerica Airlines Flight 18
Nov 18, 1979 · United States
- Forest fire in Lloret de Mar 1979
Aug 7, 1979 · Spain
- Indian Airlines HAL 748 crash near Panvel
Aug 4, 1979 · India
- Disappearance of the Sarah Joe
Feb 11, 1979 · United States