Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)   

Jan 21   Price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce in the year 1979.   

Jan 22   Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes in the year 1979.   

Jan 23   Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1979.   

Jan 24   Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

Jan 25   22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1979 j Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87   

Jan 25   On this day in history jean-Luc Pepin and John Robarts release the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity; recommend that Quebec should have the power to maintain its language and culture, and that federal powers be reduce   

Jan 25   In the year 1979 pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff   

Jan 26   "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70   

Jan 27   36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda in the year 1979.   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"   

Jan 29   Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping is welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Jimmy Carter Carter, as the two countries re-establish formal relations on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 president Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years   

Jan 30   In the year 1979 iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.   

Jan 30   In the year 1979 rhodesia agrees to new constitution   

Jan 30   Rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule in the year 1979.   

Feb 01   In the year 1979 ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.   

Feb 01   Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter in the year 1979.   

Feb 01   In the year 1979 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Feb 02   Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide on this day in history.   

Feb 03   "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   In the year 1979 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

Feb 03   US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner in the year 1979.   

Feb 05   Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time in the year 1979.   

Feb 05   On this day in history eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies   

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

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack   

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   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1979 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   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died on this day in history.