Historical Events In 1979
Monday, 09 February 2026
Jan 01 International Year of the Child begins. 


Jan 01 US and China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations 


Jan 02 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins 


Jan 03 Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91. 


Jan 04 An out-of-court settlement awards $675000 to the victims of the Kent State massacre of 1970 (made famous by the CSNY song Ohio) 


Jan 04 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack. 


Jan 05 Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 


Jan 05 Jazz bassist Charles Mingus dies of a heart attack at age 56. 


Jan 07 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge. 


Jan 07 Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 


Jan 08 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up. 


Jan 08 Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord 


Jan 08 Today Show gets a new theme song 


Jan 08 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh. 


Jan 09 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80. 


Jan 09 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin 


Jan 09 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste" 


Jan 09 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 


Jan 10 Entertainer of the Year Awards 


Jan 11 Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63. 


Jan 12 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win 


Jan 12 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham 


Jan 12 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 


Jan 13 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam 


Jan 13 Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33. 


Jan 13 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 


Jan 14 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday 


Jan 16 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 


Jan 16 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt 


Jan 16 The ruler of Iran, the Shah, leaves his country. 


Jan 17 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran 


Jan 17 USSR performs underground nuclear test 


Jan 18 Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82. 


Jan 19 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison. 


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