1979

Events

 * January 7 to February 11 - The Iranian Revolution: Ruhollah Khomeini overthrows Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, putting an end to 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy and turning Iran into a theocracy.
 * January 29 - Brenda Spencer kills two people and injures nine in a sniper shooting at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California.
 * April 11 - Idi Amin is overthrown as President of Uganda after Tanzanian military forces capture the capital of Kampala.
 * April 22 - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is formed.
 * July 16 - Saddam Hussein is elected President of Iraq.

Victim births

 * June 6 - Shanda Sharer