Historical Events In 1979

Jun 14   Rock group "Little Feat" disbands on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1979.   

Jun 15   On this day in history the first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

Jun 16   Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 in the year 1979.   

Jun 16   On this day in history carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit   

Jun 16   On this day in history h-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275   

Jun 17   On this day in history lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58   

Jun 21   On this day in history julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49   

Jun 22   On this day in history emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85   

Jun 23   In the year 1979 the Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"   

Jun 23   The rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" in the year 1979.   

Jun 26   Charles Clore, financier, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84 in the year 1979.   

Jun 29   Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies in the year 1979.   

Jun 30   In the year 1979 alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72   

Jun 30   Johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury on this day in history.   

Jul 01   Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 in the year 1979.   

Jul 01   Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In Eastern China a 5.4 quake was centered about 225 kilometers southwest of Shanghai in the Liyang area. At least 41 people were reported killed, more than 2,000 were injured in the year 1979.   

Jul 05   Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   In the year 1979 van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35   

Jul 07   D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies in the year 1979.   

Jul 08   On this day in history michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies   

Jul 08   Voyager 2 takes first ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) in the year 1979.   

Jul 09   Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1979 dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab   

Jul 09   Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1979 arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra died   

Jul 10   On this day in history arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84   

Jul 11   In the year 1979 debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia   

Jul 11   US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates in the year 1979.   

Jul 12   On this day in history "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Tigers   

Jul 12   Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1979.   

Jul 12   In the year 1979 kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain   

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Apr 02   On this day in history birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.   

May 07   In the year 1979 birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   On this day in history birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack in the year 1979.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 in the year 1979.   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.   

Jan 11   In the year 1979 jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63   

Jan 13   In the year 1979 death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

Jan 14   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)