Page 15: Historical Events In 1979

Oct 24   Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc in the year 1979.   

Oct 26   Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies in the year 1979.   

Oct 27   In the year 1979 voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide   

Oct 28   USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history 50 years after the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protestors fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.   

Oct 30   NASA launches space vehicle S-203 on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham in the year 1979.   

Nov 01   Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death   

Nov 01   In the year 1979 tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster   

Nov 03   In the year 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)   

Nov 03   On this day in history the Greensboro Massacre - Klu Klux Clan shoot 5 members of the communist workers party IN Greensboro, North Carolina,   

Nov 04   On this day in history 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)   

Nov 05   On this day in history al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70   

Nov 05   Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Nov 07   On this day in history amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71   

Nov 08   ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline") in the year 1979.   

Nov 08   In the year 1979 aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")   

Nov 08   In the year 1979 sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63   

Nov 09   Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   CP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days in the year 1979.   

Nov 10   Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President   

Nov 14   Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 15   On this day in history aBC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage   

Nov 15   On this day in history british government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring   

Nov 16   In the year 1979 paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"   

Nov 17   On this day in history john Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery   

Nov 19   Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion in the year 1979.   

Nov 22   Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63 in the year 1979.   

Nov 23   In the year 1979 merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68   

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Apr 02   In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)   

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

Apr 28   In the year 1979 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   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   On this day in history birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 in the year 1979.   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack in the year 1979.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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)