First Black-Led Rhodesian Government Takes Power June 1, 1979
Date: June 1, 1979
Date: June 1, 1979
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Iraqi…
The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education. Date: October 17, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Griselda รlvarez Becomes First Female Governor of Mexico State, November 1, 1979Pluto Enters…
The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. Date: July 19, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Interflug Il-18 Crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro…
Griselda รlvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico. Date: November 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 Crashes at Doha Airport, March 14, 1979US Embassy…
Third Indochina War: CambodianโVietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Date: January 7, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Jimmy Carter Signs Secret…
Downeast Airlines Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. Date: May 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak Hits Wichita Falls,…