Bryan Allen Wins Kremer Prize for Man-Powered Channel Flight, June 12, 1979
Date: June 12, 1979
Date: June 12, 1979
The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. Date: March 19, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 19 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Quebecair Flight 255 Crashes After Takeoff, 17 Killed,…
A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown. Date: March 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 28 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Jay…
The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. Date: February 17, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 17 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Aeroflot Flight 1691 Crashes Near Vnukovo Airport, Killing 58, March 17, 1979South Korea Coup d’Γtat on December 12, 1979New Jewel Movement…
Coup d'Γ©tat of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea. Date: December 12, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 12 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Columbia Delivered to Kennedy Space Center for First Shuttle Launch, March 25, 1979American Airlines Flight 191…
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 β π Other events on July 19 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Phnom Penh Falls to Vietnamese Troops, Khmer…
The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens. Date: October 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 1 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Soviet Forces Occupy Kabul in Afghan War, December 23, 1979White Night Riots in San Francisco After…