Date: March 25, 1979
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. Date: April 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on April 4 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979South Africa Grants Independence to Venda Homeland, September 13, 1979FCC Allows Unlicensed Home Satellite Earth Stations…
Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Date: January 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on January 25 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Unabomber Package Triggers Emergency Plane Landing…
The 8.2 Mw⯠Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300â600, and generating a large tsunami. Date: December 12, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on December 12 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Iran…
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. Date: April 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on April 2 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979John Spenkelink Executed in Florida After…
The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee. Date: December 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on December 4 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Iran Becomes Islamic Republic, Overthrows Shah (April…
Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages. Date: November 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on November 4 đ Events on this day in 1979 đ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Liberia Rice Price Protest Turns Deadly…