Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 24   In the year 1979 guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc   

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

Oct 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

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

Oct 30   NASA launches space vehicle S-203 on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham in the year 1979.   

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   In the year 1979 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   In the year 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)   

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   Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 08   Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Nov 09   On this day in history lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85   

Nov 12   On this day in history uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

Nov 13   On this day in history rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93   

Nov 13   Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President in the year 1979.   

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 in the year 1979.   

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" on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history john Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery   

Nov 19   Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion in the year 1979.   

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 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   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   In the year 1979 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 on this day in history.   

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died in the year 1979.   

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