Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 24   On this day in history guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc   

Oct 26   Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.   

Oct 27   In the year 1979 voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide   

Oct 28   USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1979 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.   

Oct 30   In the year 1979 nASA launches space vehicle S-203   

Oct 30   On this day in history richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham   

Nov 01   Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 1979 jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death   

Nov 01   In the year 1979 tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster   

Nov 03   On this day in history 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)   

Nov 03   The Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina, on this day in history.   

Nov 04   500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) in the year 1979.   

Nov 05   In the year 1979 al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70   

Nov 05   Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Nov 07   Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71 in the year 1979.   

Nov 08   In the year 1979 aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")   

Nov 08   ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline") on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 in the year 1979.   

Nov 09   In the year 1979 lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59   

Nov 10   In the year 1979 cP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days.   

Nov 10   Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1979 uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

Nov 13   Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies   

Nov 15   ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage on this day in history.   

Nov 15   On this day in history british government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring   

Nov 16   Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" in the year 1979.   

Nov 17   John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1979 chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion   

Nov 22   On this day in history anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63   

Nov 23   Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68 in the year 1979.   

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

Apr 21   In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   In the year 1979 birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

Apr 30   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   On this day in history birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player   

May 19   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born in the year 1979.   

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   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.