Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies in the year 1979.   

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   Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1979 willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 24   On this day in history jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51   

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 in the year 1979.   

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 in the year 1979.   

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   On this day in history 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1979 mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60   

Feb 01   Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter on this day in history.   

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   US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne in the year 1979.   

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

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

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born in the year 1979.   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born in the year 1979.   

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

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   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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