Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   In the year 1979 paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies   

Jan 21   Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1979 price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce   

Jan 22   Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1979 jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51   

Jan 24   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Jan 25   22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan on this day in history.   

Jan 25   J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 in the year 1979.   

Jan 25   In the year 1979 jean-Luc Pepin and John Robarts release the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity; recommend that Quebec should have the power to maintain its language and culture, and that federal powers be reduce   

Jan 25   Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff on this day in history.   

Jan 26   "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 26   Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 27   In the year 1979 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"   

Jan 29   Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping is welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Jimmy Carter Carter, as the two countries re-establish formal relations on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC in the year 1979.   

Jan 29   President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history rhodesia agrees to new constitution   

Jan 30   Rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile in the year 1979.   

Feb 01   On this day in history mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60   

Feb 01   Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1979 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Feb 02   Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   On this day in history "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart   

Feb 03   Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 03   US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

Feb 05   In the year 1979 costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time   

Feb 05   In the year 1979 eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 21   James McAvoy, Scottish actor was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 28   In the year 1979 birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born on this day in history.   

May 19   Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress was born on this day in history.   

May 19   Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born on this day in history.   

May 19   On this day in history birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer   

Jan 03   On this day in history conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

Jan 04   Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 in the year 1979.   

Jan 07   Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.   

Jan 09   In the year 1979 avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 11   On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33   

Jan 14   Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died in the year 1979.