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Page 14: Historical Events In 1979

Monday, 20 January 2025

Sep 26   Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   The US Congress approves the establishment of the Department of Education as a federal cabinet agency on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   In the year 1979 jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings), dies at 26  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   Larry Holmes (retain championship) KOs Earnie Shavers in 11 rounds in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   On this day in history pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   In the year 1979 president Jimmy Carter awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to former naval aviators Neil Armstrong, CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN (Ret.), COL John Glenn, USMC (Ret.), and RADM Alan Shepard, Jr., USN (Ret.)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal) in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 03   Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 04   In the year 1979 christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 05   On this day in history charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 06   Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 06   In the year 1979 pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 08   On this day in history june Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 10   Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 10   Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 12   On this day in history celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 13   In the year 1979 clarence Muse, actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 14   On this day in history nHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretsky scores his First NHL goal  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   On this day in history the first Monday Night Footbal game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   On this day in history 1,800 Marines landed in Guantanamo Bay as a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw the Russian combat brigade in Cuba.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   In the year 1979 d Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1 20 06.8  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   In the year 1979 mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 18   In the year 1979 "Beatlemania" opens in London  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 20   John F Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   In the year 1979 jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   Ousted Shah of Iran arrives in New York for cancer treatment in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Apr 02   In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer  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   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   On this day in history birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer  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   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91  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   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 09   On this day in history avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80  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   In the year 1979 death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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


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