Date: November 3, 1979
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license. Date: October 18, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Air New Zealand Flight 901 Crashes…
The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens. Date: October 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Pope John Paul II First Official Visit to Communist Poland, June 2, 1979Jeremy Thorpe Acquitted of…
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. Date: July 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, October 17, 1979Malta Labour Party Supporters Attack…
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Date: November 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Penmanshiel Tunnel Collapse Kills…
The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four. Date: November 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Ayatollah Khomeini Returns to Tehran After Exile,…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Konstantinos Karamanlis Signs Greece’s EEC Accession…