Aeroflot Flight 1691 Crashes Near Vnukovo Airport, 58 Killed, March 17, 1979

A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario. Date: November 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sony Introduces Walkman July 1, 1979MTR…

Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested. Date: December 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979U.S. Department of Education Created by Organization Act, October 17,…

Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people. Date: March 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Konstantinos Karamanlis Signs Greece’s EEC Accession Treaty, May 28, 1979Pluto Enters Neptune’s…

The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. Date: June 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Executed in Pakistan, April 4, 1979Pluto Enters Neptune’s Orbit…

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 1979Park Chung Hee Assassinated by Kim Jae-gyu, October 26,…