Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1979
Monday, 03 August 2020
Oct 24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc on this day in history. 
Oct 26 On this day in history jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies
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 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 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 On this day in history federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler
Nov 01 In the year 1979 jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
Nov 01 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster on this day in history.
Nov 03 In the year 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
Nov 03 In the year 1979 the Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina,
Nov 04 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) in the year 1979.
Nov 05 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 in the year 1979.
Nov 05 On this day in history al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70
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") 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 In the year 1979 friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71
Nov 12 In the year 1979 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 In the year 1979 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 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring on this day in history.
Nov 16 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" on this day in history.
Nov 17 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery in the year 1979.
Nov 19 On this day in history chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
Nov 22 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 on this day in history.
Nov 23 On this day in history merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
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