Amtrak Superliner Railcar Enters Revenue Service February 26, 1979

An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. Date: February 13, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Ixtoc I Oil Spill in Gulf of…

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…

The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch. Date: March 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Kiribati…

Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran. Date: May 9, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Amtrak…

Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London. Date: April 23, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…