1979 in Germany

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1979
in
Germany

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:Other events of 1979
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1979 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

  • PresidentWalter Scheel (until 30 June), Karl Carstens (starting 1 July)
  • ChancellorHelmut Schmidt

Events[]

  • undated: Neue Deutsche Welle, a pop musical genre, spreads throughout the land.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 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 AugustHanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (born 1912)[1]
  • 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
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