• 1 June - Rhodesia
  Rhodesia
  Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
  
   becomes Zimbabwe Rhodesia
  Zimbabwe Rhodesia
  Zimbabwe Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, was an unrecognized state that existed from 1 June 1979 to 12 December 1979...
  
   as an interim state.
• 12 December - Zimbabwe Rhodesia is return to colonial status.

See also

• 1978 in Zimbabwe
  1978 in Zimbabwe
  See also:1977 in Zimbabwe,other events of 1978,1979 in Zimbabwe and theTimeline of Zimbabwe history.-----January:* 3 January - Leopard Rock Hotel in the Vumba Mountains is damaged after a guerilla rocket attack.-March:...
  
  
• other events of 1979
• 1980 in Zimbabwe
  1980 in Zimbabwe
  -Events:*April 17 - Zimbabwe gains independence from the United Kingdom, recognised internationally.*April 18 - Canaan Banana, a Methodist minister and theologian, becomes the first President of Zimbabwe...
  
  
• Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  -The Conquests:*1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s*1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s*1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s...