Historical Events In 1979

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

Jun 15   Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jun 15   The first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jun 16   In the year 1979 carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit  

Jun 16   H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2275 in the year 1979.  

Jun 17   In the year 1979 lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58  

Jun 21   Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 in the year 1979.  

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

Jun 23   The Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" in the year 1979.  

Jun 23   The rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" on this day in history.  

Jun 26   On this day in history charles Clore, financier, dies  

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

Jun 29   In the year 1979 ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies  

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

Jun 30   In the year 1979 johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury  

Jul 01   Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   In the year 1979 stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 in the year 1979.  

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

Jul 07   On this day in history d P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies  

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1979 betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53  

Jul 09   Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab on this day in history.  

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

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra died on this day in history.  

Jul 10   Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 in the year 1979.  

Jul 11   Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia on this day in history.  

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

Jul 12   "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to the Tigers in the year 1979.  

Jul 12   Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jul 12   Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.  

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.  

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor  

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor  

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.  

May 07   On this day in history 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   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born in the year 1979.  

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 in the year 1979.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 07   On this day in history zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70  

Jan 09   On this day in history avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80  

Jan 11   On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63  

Jan 13   On this day in history death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33  

Jan 14   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died on this day in history.