Date: February 18, 1979
An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10. Date: March 26, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Iranian Revolution: Shah Flees Iran for Egypt January 16,…
The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland. Date: August…
America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Date: July 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Western Airlines Flight 2605 Crashes in Mexico City,…
A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. Date: January 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. Date: March 8, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Blair Peach Fatally Injured at Southall Anti-Nazi Protest, April 23, 1979Voyager 1 Proves Volcanoes on…
Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. Date: March 8, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979John Spenkelink Executed in Florida After Capital Punishment Returns…