Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 24   Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc in the year 1979.   

Oct 26   Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.   

Oct 27   Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide on this day in history.   

Oct 28   USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October in the year 1979.   

Oct 29   On this day in history 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.   

Oct 30   NASA launches space vehicle S-203 on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 1979 jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death   

Nov 01   Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster in the year 1979.   

Nov 03   63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran) in the year 1979.   

Nov 03   In the year 1979 the Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina,   

Nov 04   500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) in the year 1979.   

Nov 05   Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Nov 05   In the year 1979 al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70   

Nov 07   Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")   

Nov 08   ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline") in the year 1979.   

Nov 08   Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 in the year 1979.   

Nov 09   Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   On this day in history cP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days.   

Nov 10   Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets in the year 1979.   

Nov 13   In the year 1979 rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93   

Nov 13   On this day in history ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President   

Nov 14   Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.   

Nov 15   ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage in the year 1979.   

Nov 15   On this day in history british government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring   

Nov 16   Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" in the year 1979.   

Nov 17   John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery in the year 1979.   

Nov 19   Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63   

Nov 23   Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68 in the year 1979.   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born on this day in history.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

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

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   On this day in history charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.   

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   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)