* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor

* 1979 – Christine Smith, American model and actress

* 1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, British financial analyst

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Claire Danes, American actress

* 1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player

* 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast

* 1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer

* 1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress and model

* 1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor

* 1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer

* 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland.

* 1886 – Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American actor and producer

* 1979 – Tian Liang, Chinese diver

* 1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist ( Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre )

* 1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor

* 1979 – Rusty Smith, American speed skater

* 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist

* 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player

* 1979 – Tony Stewart, American football player

They include Last House on Dead End Street ( 1977 ), Paul Schrader's film Hardcore ( 1979 ), Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline ( 1979 ), the Ruggero Deodato film Cannibal Holocaust ( 1980 ), David Cronenberg's Videodrome ( 1983 ), the Nine Inch Nails film The Broken Movie ( 1993 ), the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer ( 1986 ), the Alejandro Amenábar film Tesis ( 1996 ), the film Strange Days ( 1995 ), the Anthony Waller film Mute Witness ( 1994 ), the Johnny Depp film The Brave ( 1997 ), the Joel Schumacher film 8mm ( 1999 ), the John Ottman film, Urban Legends: Final Cut ( 2000 ), and Fred Vogel's film August Underground ( 2001 ) and its sequels.

The two champions from those years competed against teams from the UK for the " College Bowl World Championship ," which were also televised ; in 1978, Stanford University played a team of UK all-stars under College Bowl rules, and in 1979, Davidson College played Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University under University Challenge rules.

Rookie Sidney Moncrief made his debut in 1979.

In 2003, the former was won by the 1979 team from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, the latter by a team from the Inland Revenue.

The same team also made runner up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ( 1979 ) in the 2002 special University Challenge: Reunited.

She was a PE and Humanities teacher at the inner-city Sidney Stringer School on Cox Street in Coventry from 1974 – 92, becoming Head of Sixth Form Studies, and was a member of Warwick District Council from 1979 to 1991.

He resigned from his position on April 6, 1979 to run for the federal House of Commons, and in the 1979 election narrowly defeated former provincial PC leader Sidney Spivak in Winnipeg — Fort Garry.

In 1979, Filmon won a by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the riding of River Heights, held after the resignation of former Tory leader Sidney Spivak.

; Don Murray ( Original cast ) as William Sidney Fairgate ( 1979 – 1981 ).

The names of the Geordies were not always consistent: the fifth Geordie was referred to as ' Sidney ' in the 1979 Dandy Annual but this name was later given to the leader of the Geordies.

The Games have acted as a stepping stone for many of Canada ’ s celebrated athletes, including: Toller Cranston ( 1967 ), Bob Gainey ( 1971 ), Ian Bridge ( 1977 ), Sylvie Daigle ( 1979 ), Catriona LeMay Doan ( 1983 and 1987 ), Bruny Surin ( 1985 ), Marianne Limpert, Annie Pelletier and Anne Montminy ( 1989 ), Hayley Wickenheiser and Marc Gagnon ( 1991 ), Andrea Neil ( 1993 ), Steve Nash ( 1993 ), Maryse Turcotte ( 1995 ), Alexandre Despatie ( 1997 ), Dwayne De Rosario ( 1997 ), Patrice Bernier ( 1997 ), Adam Van Koeverden ( 1997 ), Heather Moyse ( 1997 ), Jeff Francis ( 2001 ), Kara Lang ( 2001 ), Erin McLeod ( 2001 ) Jared Connaughton ( 2005 ), Krista Betts ( 2005 ), Sidney Crosby ( 2003 ), and Steven Stamkos ( 2007 ).

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After Schreyer's appointment as Governor-General of Canada in 1979, Walding endorsed Sidney Green in his unsuccessful bid to become interim NDP leader.

Following Schreyer's resignation as party leader in 1979, Fox was one of eight NDP MLAs who supported the election of Sidney Green as interim leader.

* William Sidney May ( 1979 )

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In early 1979, Uskiw supported Sidney Green's attempt to become the party's interim leader following Schreyer's resignation.

In 1979, Barrow supported Sidney Green's bid to become interim leader of the provincial NDP.

In 1979, he supported Sidney Green's unsuccessful bid to become interim leader of the provincial NDP.

* Bloodline ( 1979 film ), a film based on Sidney Sheldon's novel ( see below ), directed by Terence Young

Sidney Rittenberg (; born August 14, 1921 ) is an American journalist, scholar, and Chinese linguist who lived in China from 1944 to 1979.

Jenny Craig ( born Genevieve Guidroz on August 7, 1932 in Berwick, Louisiana ) is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979.