Historical Events In 1979
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 19 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies on this day in history.
Jan 21 On this day in history neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
Jan 21 In the year 1979 price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce
Jan 22 In the year 1979 ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
Jan 23 On this day in history willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 24 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 in the year 1979.
Jan 24 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 25 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan on this day in history.
Jan 25 J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 in the year 1979.
Jan 25 On this day in history jean-Luc Pepin and John Robarts release the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity; recommend that Quebec should have the power to maintain its language and culture, and that federal powers be reduce
Jan 25 On this day in history pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff
Jan 26 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland on this day in history.
Jan 26 On this day in history former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70.
Jan 26 On this day in history music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands
Jan 26 In the year 1979 nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
Jan 27 On this day in history 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda
Jan 29 On this day in history brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
Jan 29 In the year 1979 chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping is welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Jimmy Carter Carter, as the two countries re-establish formal relations.
Jan 29 In the year 1979 chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC
Jan 29 On this day in history president Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
Jan 30 On this day in history iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.
Jan 30 Rhodesia agrees to new constitution in the year 1979.
Jan 30 In the year 1979 rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule
Feb 01 On this day in history ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.
Feb 01 Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 in the year 1979.
Feb 01 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter in the year 1979.
Feb 01 On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Feb 02 Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide in the year 1979.
Feb 03 On this day in history "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
Feb 03 In the year 1979 jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
Feb 03 On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
Feb 03 On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
Feb 05 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time on this day in history.
Feb 05 Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies in the year 1979.
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