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Page 7: Historical Events In 1979

Wednesday, 09 July 2025

Apr 10   In the year 1979 soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 11   Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 12   Soyuz 33 returns to Earth in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 18   On this day in history "Real People" premieres on NBC TV  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   On this day in history fCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Johnny Carson was said to be leaving "The Tonight Show". Newspapers around the country gave details about why the comedian and late-night host was said to be unhappy after 17 years on the show in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 22   In the year 1979 mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 24   John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   In the year 1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premiers  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroids #2656 Evenkia & #3653  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   On this day in history george Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   On this day in history feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 29   On this day in history julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   In the year 1979 berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   On this day in history elton John becomes first pop star to perform in Israel  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   On this day in history home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   On this day in history marshall Islands (in the Pacific) become self-governing  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 02   14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 02   On this day in history 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers &Barbara Mandrell win  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   In the year 1979 margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history the Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   The first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1979 shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   On this day in history voyager 1 passes Jupiter  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph over 200 meters in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   In the year 1979 talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   On this day in history birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1979

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1979 charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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