Historical Events In 1979

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

Jan 21   On this day in history neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1979.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51   

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history j Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87   

Jan 25   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 26   Former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight &Jane Fonda   

Jan 29   Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" in the year 1979.   

Jan 29   In the year 1979 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1979 iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1979 rhodesian whites vote to transfer to majority rule   

Feb 01   Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter in the year 1979.   

Feb 01   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1979.   

Feb 02   On this day in history jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide   

Feb 03   "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies in the year 1979.   

Feb 03   US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

Feb 03   US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer   

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56   

Jan 07   On this day in history zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70   

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 on this day in history.   

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)