Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

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

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   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

Jan 25   J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 in the year 1979.   

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   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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 26   Former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70 in the year 1979.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 29   On this day in history 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.   

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   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 in the year 1979.   

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   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1979.   

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1979 jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

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 in the year 1979.   

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

Feb 05   Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies on this day in history.   

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Apr 02   In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

Apr 21   In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

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

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

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

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

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 14   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)