Historical Events In 1979

Jun 14   Rock group "Little Feat" disbands on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1979.   

Jun 15   In the year 1979 the first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

Jun 16   Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 in the year 1979.   

Jun 16   In the year 1979 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit   

Jun 16   On this day in history h-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275   

Jun 17   In the year 1979 lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58   

Jun 21   In the year 1979 julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49   

Jun 22   In the year 1979 emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85   

Jun 23   In the year 1979 the Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"   

Jun 23   In the year 1979 the rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"   

Jun 26   On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies   

Jun 28   Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies in the year 1979.   

Jun 30   Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72 in the year 1979.   

Jun 30   In the year 1979 johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury   

Jul 01   Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 in the year 1979.   

Jul 01   Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow in the year 1979.   

Jul 04   On this day in history in Eastern China a 5.4 quake was centered about 225 kilometers southwest of Shanghai in the Liyang area. At least 41 people were reported killed, more than 2,000 were injured   

Jul 05   On this day in history elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87   

Jul 06   In the year 1979 van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35   

Jul 07   D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies in the year 1979.   

Jul 08   On this day in history michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies   

Jul 08   Voyager 2 takes first ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) in the year 1979.   

Jul 09   Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1979 dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab   

Jul 09   On this day in history voyager 2 flies past Jupiter   

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra died in the year 1979.   

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 in the year 1979.   

Jul 11   Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia on this day in history.   

Jul 11   US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates in the year 1979.   

Jul 12   "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Tigers on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1979.   

Jul 12   In the year 1979 kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain   

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Apr 02   In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.   

May 07   In the year 1979 birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player   

May 19   On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   On this day in history birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born in the year 1979.   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 in the year 1979.   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack in the year 1979.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1979 zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63   

Jan 13   In the year 1979 death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

Jan 14   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died in the year 1979.