Page 3: Historical Events In 1979

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

Feb 06   On this day in history supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto   

Feb 07   In the year 1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC   

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   In the year 1979 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) on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles in the year 1979.   

Feb 08   Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 in the year 1979.   

Feb 08   In the year 1979 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   

Feb 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

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

Feb 09   On this day in history aBC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special   

Feb 09   On this day in history beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"   

Feb 09   C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Nigeria amends constitution on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran.   

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

Feb 12   On this day in history jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84   

Feb 13   2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation on this day in history.   

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

Feb 13   Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm in the year 1979.   

Feb 14   Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win   

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

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

Feb 15   Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show in the year 1979.   

Feb 15   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

Feb 16   On this day in history george Harrison releases "Blow Away"   

Feb 16   Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 in the year 1979.   

Feb 16   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

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

May 19   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 03   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   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)