Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

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   On this day in history price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce   

Jan 22   On this day in history ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes   

Jan 23   Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 26   On this day in history former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70.   

Jan 26   Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands in the year 1979.   

Jan 26   Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1979 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 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   On this day in history chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC   

Jan 29   President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years in the year 1979.   

Jan 30   In the year 1979 iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.   

Jan 30   Rhodesia agrees to new constitution on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1979 rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule   

Feb 01   Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide   

Feb 03   "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

Feb 03   US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Apr 02   On this day in history birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

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

Apr 28   In the year 1979 birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

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

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 in the year 1979.   

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

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   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)