Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 24   Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc in the year 1979.   

Oct 26   On this day in history jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies   

Oct 27   Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide in the year 1979.   

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 in the year 1979.   

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   NASA launches space vehicle S-203 in the year 1979.   

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

Nov 01   Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler in the year 1979.   

Nov 01   Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death in the year 1979.   

Nov 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70   

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

Nov 07   In the year 1979 amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71   

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") in the year 1979.   

Nov 08   In the year 1979 sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63   

Nov 09   Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

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   In the year 1979 rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93   

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

Nov 14   In the year 1979 bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies   

Nov 15   In the year 1979 aBC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage   

Nov 15   In the year 1979 british government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring   

Nov 16   On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"   

Nov 17   In the year 1979 john Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery   

Nov 19   Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 in the year 1979.   

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

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Apr 02   In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born in the year 1979.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born in the year 1979.   

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

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

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 13   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)