Historical Events In 1979
Thursday, 02 July 2020
Oct 24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc on this day in history.
Oct 26 Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.
Oct 27 In the year 1979 voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide
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 on this day in history.
Oct 29 In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.
Oct 30 In the year 1979 richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham
Nov 01 Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler on this day in history.
Nov 01 On this day in history jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
Nov 01 On this day in history tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
Nov 03 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran) on this day in history.
Nov 03 On this day in history 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 On this day in history al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70
Nov 05 In the year 1979 al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70
Nov 07 On this day in history amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71
Nov 08 In the year 1979 aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")
Nov 08 On this day in history aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")
Nov 08 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets
Nov 13 Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 in the year 1979.
Nov 13 Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President in the year 1979.
Nov 14 Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.
Nov 15 On this day in history aBC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
Nov 15 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring on this day in history.
Nov 16 In the year 1979 paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
Nov 17 In the year 1979 john Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
Nov 19 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion on this day in history.
Nov 22 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 in the year 1979.
Nov 23 Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68 on this day in history.
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