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1 December 1979 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 December 1979 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1979
- The Irish chart song for 1979 was “The Logical Song” by Supertramp.
- Top Film of 1979
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1979 was Moonraker.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 1 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 December 1979 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 December 1979 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 1 December
- 1971 Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate.
- 1973 Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia.
- 1988 World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
- 1988 Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.
- 1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
Famous people born on 1 December
- Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model (born 1988)
- Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper (born 1982)
- Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (1940–2005)
- Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality (born 2003)
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Events of 1979 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1979 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 4 March – Legendary hurler Christy Ring was buried in Cork.
- 31 May – The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Pádraig Faulkner, launched a second national radio station, RTÉ Radio 2.
- 7 June – The first European Parliament election was held in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Life in Ireland in 1979
Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
Petrol (per litre)
£0.85/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.25
Average House
£20,000
Weekly Wage
£43
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Cillian Murphy25 May 1976ActorView their day →Michael Fassbender2 April 1977ActorView their day →Andrew Scott21 October 1976ActorView their day →Colin Farrell31 May 1976ActorView their day →Dolores O'Riordan6 September 1971MusicianView their day →Sharon Horgan13 July 1970Actress & writerView their day →Glen Hansard21 April 1970Musician & songwriterView their day →Jimmy Carr15 September 1972Comedian & humouristView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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