Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

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

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

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

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 in the year 1979.   

Jan 24   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1979 former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70.   

Jan 26   On this day in history music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands   

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   Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" in the year 1979.   

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   In the year 1979 chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC   

Jan 29   On this day in history president Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide in the year 1979.   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1979 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

Feb 05   Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1979 eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies   

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Apr 02   On this day in history birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.   

May 07   In the year 1979 birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player   

May 19   On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   On this day in history charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 in the year 1979.   

Jan 07   In the year 1979 zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70   

Jan 09   In the year 1979 avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80   

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