Historical Events In 1979

Feb 06   Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto   

Feb 07   "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC in the year 1979.   

Feb 07   Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumédienne in Algeria on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1979 faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur   

Feb 07   In the year 1979 josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns   

Feb 07   Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years) on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 in the year 1979.   

Feb 08   In the year 1979 the Secretary of the Navy announced that the helicopter portion of the Navy's LAMPS MK III was to be known officially as the Seahawk   

Feb 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey   

Feb 09   On this day in history aBC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special   

Feb 09   Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind" on this day in history.   

Feb 09   C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies in the year 1979.   

Feb 09   In the year 1979 nigeria amends constitution   

Feb 10   "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC   

Feb 11   Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran in the year 1979.   

Feb 11   Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances in the year 1979.   

Feb 12   In the year 1979 jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84   

Feb 13   2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation on this day in history.   

Feb 13   In the year 1979 jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84   

Feb 13   On this day in history washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm   

Feb 14   In the year 1979 adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered   

Feb 15   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51   

Feb 15   Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show on this day in history.   

Feb 15   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

Feb 16   George Harrison releases "Blow Away" on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1979.   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 21   In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack   

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

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 09   In the year 1979 avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80   

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

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 on this day in history.