17 events found for 1979
Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, was fatally injured while taking part in an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a
Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom
Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various ch
Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became one of the first missing chil
During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causi
Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-m
Jerry Rawlings came to power in Ghana as chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by Nicaraguan Guardia forces
Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Th
Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to…
US president Jimmy Carter signed a presidential finding, authorizing covert operations to aid the mujahideen against…
Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a…
An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people.
Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on…
The Troubles: the IRA ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, and assassinated Lord Mountbatten on…
Afghan president Nur Muhammad Taraki (pictured) was overthrown and later killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who…
Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.