Date: December 9, 1979
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 → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Soviet Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak Kills 66,…
Images taken by Voyager 1 prove the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. Date: March 8, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak Hits Wichita Falls, 42…
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 1979Ayatollah Khomeini Returns to Tehran After Exile, February 1, 1979SALT II Signed…
Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. Date: October 12, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979MTR Hong Kong Rapid Transit Opens, October 1, 1979U.S. House Begins C-SPAN Broadcasts…
The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people. Date: October 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sino-Vietnamese War Ends as PLA Crosses Border Back into China,…
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 1979Soviet Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak Kills 66,…