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Historical Events In 1979
Sunday, 22 September 2019
Jan 01 In the year 1979 international Year of the Child begins 
Jan 01 On this day in history uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations
Jan 02 On this day in history sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins
Jan 03 Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.
Jan 04 An out-of-court settlement awards $675,000 to the victims of the Kent State massacre of 1970 (made famous by the CSNY song Ohio) on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Jan 05 Jazz bassist Charles Mingus dies of a heart attack at age 56 in the year 1979.
Jan 07 On this day in history vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
Jan 07 In the year 1979 zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70
Jan 08 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up in the year 1979.
Jan 08 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord in the year 1979.
Jan 08 Today Show gets a new theme song on this day in history.
Jan 08 On this day in history vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
Jan 09 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.
Jan 09 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin in the year 1979.
Jan 09 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste" in the year 1979.
Jan 09 In the year 1979 supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
Jan 10 In the year 1979 entertainer of the Year Awards
Jan 11 On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63
Jan 12 On this day in history 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
Jan 12 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham in the year 1979.
Jan 12 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 on this day in history.
Jan 13 In the year 1979 charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam
Jan 13 In the year 1979 donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
Jan 13 On this day in history yMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
Jan 14 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday on this day in history.
Jan 16 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1979.
Jan 16 On this day in history shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
Jan 16 In the year 1979 the ruler of Iran, the Shah, leaves his country
Jan 17 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran on this day in history.
Jan 17 USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.
Jan 18 On this day in history cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
Jan 19 On this day in history john N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
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