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Historical Events In 1979
Sunday, 31 May 2020
Jan 01 On this day in history international Year of the Child begins 
Jan 01 On this day in history uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations
Jan 02 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins in the year 1979.
Jan 03 On this day in history conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91
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 in the year 1979.
Jan 05 On this day in history jazz bassist Charles Mingus dies of a heart attack at age 56.
Jan 07 In the year 1979 vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
Jan 07 Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Jan 08 On this day in history 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
Jan 08 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on this day in history.
Jan 08 In the year 1979 today Show gets a new theme song
Jan 08 On this day in history vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
Jan 09 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jan 09 On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
Jan 09 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Jan 10 On this day in history 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 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win on this day in history.
Jan 12 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham in the year 1979.
Jan 12 On this day in history record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
Jan 13 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam in the year 1979.
Jan 13 In the year 1979 donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
Jan 13 In the year 1979 yMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
Jan 14 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday in the year 1979.
Jan 16 On this day in history fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
Jan 16 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt in the year 1979.
Jan 16 The ruler of Iran, the Shah, leaves his country in the year 1979.
Jan 17 On this day in history shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
Jan 17 USSR performs underground nuclear test in the year 1979.
Jan 18 On this day in history cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
Jan 19 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison on this day in history.
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