Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   In the year 1979 paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies   

Jan 21   Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce   

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1979 jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1979 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   Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 26   Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 27   36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history president Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years   

Jan 30   Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1979 rhodesia agrees to new constitution   

Jan 30   On this day in history rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule   

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

Feb 01   Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 in the year 1979.   

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

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

Feb 02   In the year 1979 jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide   

Feb 03   "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart in the year 1979.   

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

Feb 03   US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

Feb 03   US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born on this day in history.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   On this day in history birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1979 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.