Page 3: Historical Events In 1979

Feb 06   Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 in the year 1979.   

Feb 06   Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC   

Feb 07   On this day in history colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumédienne in Algeria   

Feb 07   Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for West Indies vs India at Kanpur in the year 1979.   

Feb 07   In the year 1979 josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns   

Feb 07   On this day in history neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)   

Feb 07   Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles in the year 1979.   

Feb 08   Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 in the year 1979.   

Feb 08   On this day in history the Secretary of the Navy announced that the helicopter portion of the Navy's LAMPS MK III was to be known officially as the Seahawk   

Feb 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

Feb 09   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey in the year 1979.   

Feb 09   In the year 1979 aBC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special   

Feb 09   On this day in history beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"   

Feb 09   In the year 1979 c I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies   

Feb 09   Nigeria amends constitution on this day in history.   

Feb 10   "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1 in the year 1979.   

Feb 11   43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC in the year 1979.   

Feb 11   Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1979 followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seize power in Iran.   

Feb 11   Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres at Imperial NYC for 1082 performances in the year 1979.   

Feb 12   Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 in the year 1979.   

Feb 13   On this day in history 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation   

Feb 13   In the year 1979 jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84   

Feb 13   Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm in the year 1979.   

Feb 14   Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered in the year 1979.   

Feb 15   21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1979 alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51   

Feb 15   Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show   

Feb 15   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1979.   

Feb 16   On this day in history george Harrison releases "Blow Away"   

Feb 16   In the year 1979 louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58   

Feb 16   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 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   Bahram Radan, Iranian actor was born in the year 1979.   

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

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

May 19   On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress   

May 19   In the year 1979 birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer   

May 19   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1979.   

Jan 13   Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.   

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