July 1979 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1979.
The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on July 1979: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1979?
Events
- 01 Jul 1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6 of snow
- 02 Jul 1979 Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
- 03 Jul 1979 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- 04 Jul 1979 Algerian ex-President Ben Bella freed
- 06 Jul 1979 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64)
- 08 Jul 1979 Congo adopts constitution
- 09 Jul 1979 Dr Walter Massey is named director of Argonne national Lab.
- 10 Jul 1979 Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion
- 11 Jul 1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
- 12 Jul 1979 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers
- 13 Jul 1979 George Harrison releases Faster
- 15 Jul 1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Premier of India
- 16 Jul 1979 Premier / President al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
- 17 Jul 1979 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
- 18 Jul 1979 Gold hits record US$303.85 an ounce in London, England.
- 19 Jul 1979 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill
- 21 Jul 1979 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham
- 22 Jul 1979 Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
- 23 Jul 1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
- 24 Jul 1979 President Carter names Paul Volcker, President of Federal Reserves
- 25 Jul 1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas
- 26 Jul 1979 Estimated 109 cm (43 inches) of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record).
- 28 Jul 1979 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a second three home run game.
- 29 Jul 1979 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott
- 31 Jul 1979 But Never Jam Today opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 7 performances
- 01 Jul 1979 Sony introduces the Walkman.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in July 1979?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
- Donna Summer - Bad Girls
- Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
- Chic - Good Times
- Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric
- Janet Kay - Silly Games
- The Sex Pistols - C'mon Everybody
- The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
- Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
Movies
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Books
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