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1.5 December

December 5 - Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. His replacement is Charles Haughey.
December 24 - Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
December 27 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.

1.6 Unknown dates

The World Health Organization declares the world free of naturally occurring smallpox.
VisiCalc becomes the first spreadsheet program.
Guardian Angels civilian patrol group forms in New York City
Sprengel Museum opens in Hanover, Germany

2 Year in topic

1979 in film
- Apocalypse Now
- Caligula
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Mad Max
- Monty_Python's_Life_of_Brian
- Alien
- March 5 - Production begins on the Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
- November 1 - Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
1979 in literature
1979 in music
1979 in sports
1979 in television
- February 11 - 43 million viewers watch " Elvis!" on ABC.
- Over 300 million households worldwide now own television sets.

3 Births

January 16 - Aaliyah, singer (d. 2001)
January 21 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby star
January 24 - Tatyana Ali, actress
February 9 - Mena Suvari, actress
February 11 - Brandy Norwood, singer
February 21 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, singer
March 30 - Norah Jones, musician
April 4 - Heath Ledger, actor
April 10 - Rachel Corrie, American activist, member of the International Solidarity Movement (d. 2003)
April 18 - Michael Bradley, NBA basketball player
April 19 - Kate Hudson, actress ( Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
April 19 - Antoaneta Stefanova, chess star
May 24 - Tracy McGrady, NBA star
May 25 - Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby star
June 13 - Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player
July 3 - Ludivine Sagnier, model and actress
July 10 - Shane West , actor
September 28 - Bam Margera, skater, troublemaker
October 17 - Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish Formula One racing driver
November 6 - Lamar Odom, basketball player

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