Page 4: Historical Events In 1979
Monday, 09 February 2026
Feb 18 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record) 


Feb 18 In this year, President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party claims elections in Bangladesh 


Feb 18 Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV. 


Feb 18 NASA launches space vehicle S-202 


Feb 18 Snow falls in the Sahara Desert 


Feb 21 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period. 


Feb 21 Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies 


Feb 21 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km). 


Feb 22 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated. 


Feb 22 St Lucia gains independence from Britain. 


Feb 23 "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances. 


Feb 23 Cameron Mclanahan is born in California 


Feb 23 Frank Peterson Jr named inaugural black general in Marine Corps 


Feb 23 In this year, George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album. 


Feb 23 W.A.C. Bennett dies at age 78; Premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972. 


Feb 24 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42500, Stamford TX. 


Feb 24 War between North and South Yemen begins 


Feb 25 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 


Feb 26 A total eclipse of the sun casts a huge shadow from Oregon to North Dakota 


Feb 26 Total solar eclipse crosses western Canada, casting a moving shadow 250 km wide. 


Feb 27 The Navy took delivery of the last A-4 Skyhawk from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, setting a record for the longest production run for any U.S. military aircraft. 


Feb 28 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY 


Feb 28 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 


Mar 01 Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73. 


Mar 02 Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71. 


Mar 04 200th episode of "All in the Family" 


Mar 04 US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings. 


Mar 05 Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81. 


Mar 05 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172000 miles). 


Mar 06 Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83. 


Mar 07 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 


Mar 07 USS Constellation and her escort ships were ordered to the Gulf of Aden in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen 


Mar 08 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 


Mar 08 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale 


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