1979 in Germany

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Events in the year 1979 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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* President – Walter Scheel (until 30 June), Karl Carstens (starting 1 July)
* Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 1979 in German television

## References

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1. ^ Dennis Rudolph on artnet
2. ^ 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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*   * West Germany
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