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Page 16: Historical Events In 1979

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Nov 28   On this day in history air New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica killing 257  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 30   Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69 in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 30   On this day in history ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 02   In the year 1979 vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 03   Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 03   Eleven people are killed when fans stampede during a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   In the year 1979 liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 07   Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 09   Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 10   On this day in history ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 11   On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 12   Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 12   On this day in history rhodesia becomes the independent nation of Zimbabwe  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 13   In the year 1979 jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 14   In the year 1979 nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 15   On this day in history bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 15   Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 15   In the year 1979 world Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 17   Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 17   In the year 1979 driver Stan Barrett became the first person in the world to travel faster than sound on land. He drove the Budweiser Rocket car at a top speed of 739.666 in a one-way run at Rogers Dry Lake,California.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 18   In the year 1979 stanley Barrett first to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 19   In the year 1979 the Senate green lighted a $1.5 billion loan to help put the auto maker Chrysler back on its feet. In the short term, though, the loan did little to staunch the bleeding  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 21   On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 21   In the year 1979 gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 22   On this day in history darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 24   In the year 1979 1st Ariane-rocket launched  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 24   On this day in history dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 25   In the year 1979 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 27   On this day in history "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 27   On this day in history hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 27   In the year 1979 red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 27   In the year 1979 russia invades Afghanistan  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 27   In the year 1979 soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown  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   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   In the year 1979 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   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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1979 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   In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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