Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   In the year 1979 paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies  

Jan 21   Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) in the year 1979.  

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   In the year 1979 willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  

Jan 24   On this day in history jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51  

Jan 24   In the year 1979 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Jan 25   On this day in history 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan  

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   In the year 1979 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   In the year 1979 former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70.  

Jan 26   Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 in the year 1979.  

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

Jan 29   Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" in the year 1979.  

Jan 29   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 in the year 1979.  

Jan 29   Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC in the year 1979.  

Jan 29   In the year 1979 president Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years  

Jan 30   Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1979 rhodesia agrees to new constitution  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1979 ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.  

Feb 01   On this day in history mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60  

Feb 01   On this day in history newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.  

Feb 01   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1979.  

Feb 02   Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide in the year 1979.  

Feb 03   In the year 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart  

Feb 03   Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1979 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne  

Feb 03   In the year 1979 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner  

Feb 05   On this day in history costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time  

Feb 05   Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies on this day in history.  

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

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   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.  

May 07   On this day in history birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player  

May 19   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born on this day in history.  

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born on this day in history.  

May 19   On this day in history birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer  

Jan 03   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91  

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 in the year 1979.  

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1979 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   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died in the year 1979.