Page 2: Historical Events In 1979

Jan 19   Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1979 ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes   

Jan 23   Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1979.   

Jan 24   Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1979 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1979 pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff   

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   In the year 1979 music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands   

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

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

Jan 29   On this day in history brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"   

Jan 29   On this day in history 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.   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC   

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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 30   Rhodesia agrees to new constitution in the year 1979.   

Jan 30   On this day in history rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule   

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

Feb 01   Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 in the year 1979.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Feb 02   Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

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   Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies on this day in history.   

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Apr 02   Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5) was born in the year 1979.   

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor   

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor   

Apr 30   Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born on this day in history.   

May 07   Katie Douglas, American basketball player was born in the year 1979.   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

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

May 19   Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 in the year 1979.   

Jan 13   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died in the year 1979.   

Jan 14   In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)