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HOW IT WORKS
1979 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1979 in
Germany
.
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1978
1977
1976
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1981
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Decades:
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
See also:
Other events of 1979
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
President
–
Walter Scheel
(until 30 June),
Karl Carstens
(starting 1 July)
Chancellor
–
Helmut Schmidt
Events
edit
20 February - 3 March -
29th Berlin International Film Festival
March 17 -
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
March 18 -
Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1979
March 18 -
West Berlin state election, 1979
June 10 -
European Parliament election, 1979 (West Germany)
undated:
Neue Deutsche Welle
, a pop musical genre, spreads throughout the land.
Births
edit
7 January
-
Christian Lindner
, German politician
10 January
-
Maximilian Brückner
, German actor
13 January
-
Joko Winterscheidt
, German television presenter
21 January
-
Sebastian Schindzielorz
, German footballer
29 January
-
Sarah Kuttner
, German television presenter and author
2 February
-
Klaus Mainzer
, German rugby player
6 February
-
Alice Weidel
, German politician
12 March
-
Tim Wieskötter
, German canoeist
20 April
-
Fady Maalouf
, Lebanese-born singer and runner-up of
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5)
25 May
-
Elli Erl
, singer and winner of
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 2)
26 May
-
Jonas Reckermann
, German beach volleyball player
29 May
-
Arne Friedrich
, German football player
14 June
-
Constantin Schreiber
, German journalist
10 July
-
Tobias Unger
, German athlete
14 July
-
Robin Szolkowy
, pair skater
24 August
-
Markus Walger
, rugby player
24 August
-
Markus Walger
, German rugby player
25 August
-
Philipp Mißfelder
, German politician (died
2015
)
27 August
-
Ole Bischof
, German judoka
5 November
-
Colin Grzanna
, German rugby player and surgeon
2 December
-
Yvonne Catterfeld
, German singer
21 December
-
Bert Tischendorf
, German actor
Undated:
Dennis Rudolph
, conceptual artist
[1]
Deaths
edit
4 January
-
Peter Frankenfeld
, German comedian (born
1913
)
22 March
-
Paul Nevermann
, German politician (born
1902
)
2 April
-
Erich Rademacher
, German swimmer (born
1901
)
14 May
-
Heinz Pollay
, German equestrian (born
1908
)
1 June
-
Werner Forssmann
, German physician (born
1904
)
3 June
-
Arno Schmidt
, German author and translator (born
1914
)
5 June
-
Heinz Erhardt
, German comedian (born
1909
)
8 June
-
Reinhard Gehlen
, German general and intelligent officer (born
1902
)
15 June
-
Ernst Meister
, German writer (born
1911
)
26 June
-
Franz-Josef Röder
, German politician (born
1909
)
28 June
-
Paul Dessau
, German conductor and composer (born
1894
)
6 August
-
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen
, German biochemist (born
1911
)
12 August
-
Ernst Boris Chain
, German biochemist (born
1906
)
24 August
–
Hanna Reitsch
, German soldier and pilot (born
1912
)
[2]
12 September
-
Josef Müller
, German politician (born
1898
)
1 December
-
Max Jacobson
, German physician (born
1900
)
4 December
-
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
, German politician (born
1894
)
11 December
-
Carlo Schmid
, German politician (born
1896
)
13 December
-
Alfred Bengsch
, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born
1921
)
19 December
-
Wilhelm Kaisen
, German politician (born
1887
)
24 December
-
Rudi Dutschke
, German radical student leader (born
1940
)
See also
edit
1979 in German television
References
edit
^
Dennis Rudolph on artnet
^
Piszkiewicz, Dennis (1997).
From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker: The Fantastic Flights of Hanna Reitsch
. Westport: Praeger. p. 3.
ISBN
978-0-27595-456-7
.