Historical Events In 1979
Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Oct 24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc in the year 1979.
Oct 26 In the year 1979 jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies
Oct 27 On this day in history voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide
Oct 28 On this day in history 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.
Oct 29 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange in the year 1979.
Oct 30 In the year 1979 nASA launches space vehicle S-203
Oct 30 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham in the year 1979.
Nov 01 Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler in the year 1979.
Nov 01 In the year 1979 jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
Nov 01 In the year 1979 tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
Nov 03 On this day in history 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
Nov 03 The Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina, in the year 1979.
Nov 04 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) on this day in history.
Nov 05 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 in the year 1979.
Nov 05 Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Nov 07 Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71 in the year 1979.
Nov 08 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline") 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 On this day in history sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
Nov 09 Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59 on this day in history.
Nov 10 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 on this day in history.
Nov 10 Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Nov 12 Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1979.
Nov 12 In the year 1979 uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets
Nov 13 Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.
Nov 13 Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President in the year 1979.
Nov 14 On this day in history bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
Nov 15 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage in the year 1979.
Nov 15 In the year 1979 british government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
Nov 16 In the year 1979 paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
Nov 17 On this day in history john Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
Nov 19 In the year 1979 chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
Nov 22 In the year 1979 anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
Nov 23 On this day in history merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
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