title: 1979 in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
text: # 1979 in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Josiah Zion Gumede (starting 1 June and ending 12 December)
  * Prime Minister: Abel Muzorewa (starting 1 June and ending 12 December)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 12 February - Air Rhodesia Flight 827 was shot down by guerillas, killing 59.
  * 1 June - Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe Rhodesia as an interim state.
  * 12 December - In line with the terms of the Lancaster House Agreement, Zimbabwe Rhodesia formally returns to colonial status as the "British Dependency of Southern Rhodesia".
  
  ## Births
  
  * 20 August — Mandy Leach, freestyle swimmer
  