Historical Events In 1979

Feb 06   Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto on this day in history.  

Feb 07   "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumédienne in Algeria in the year 1979.  

Feb 07   Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur in the year 1979.  

Feb 07   On this day in history josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns  

Feb 07   Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years) in the year 1979.  

Feb 07   Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   The Secretary of the Navy announced that the helicopter portion of the Navy's LAMPS MK III was to be known officially as the Seahawk on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 09   In the year 1979 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey  

Feb 09   In the year 1979 aBC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special  

Feb 09   Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind" on this day in history.  

Feb 09   C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies in the year 1979.  

Feb 09   On this day in history nigeria amends constitution  

Feb 10   "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1 in the year 1979.  

Feb 11   In the year 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC  

Feb 11   On this day in history emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation  

Feb 11   Followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation  

Feb 13   Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1979 washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm  

Feb 14   Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered in the year 1979.  

Feb 15   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win in the year 1979.  

Feb 15   In the year 1979 alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51  

Feb 15   Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes in the year 1979.  

Feb 15   In the year 1979 temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show  

Feb 15   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1979 george Harrison releases "Blow Away"  

Feb 16   On this day in history louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58  

Feb 16   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor  

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born in the year 1979.  

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

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 in the year 1979.  

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)