April 1979

Sunday 01:

Iran's government becomes Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially.

Wednesday 04:

President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

Wednesday 11:

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

Friday 20:

President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a Swamp Rabbit while on vacation in Plains, Georgia.

Sunday 22:

Brent Mydland performs his first show with the Grateful Dead at Spartan Stadium, San Jose.

Monday 23:

Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group results in the death of protestor Blair Peach.