Sino-Vietnamese War Ends as PLA Crosses Border Back into China March 16, 1979
Date: March 16, 1979
Date: March 16, 1979
the Joint Communiquรฉ on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiquรฉ, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China. Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan. Date: January 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 1 ๐ …
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. Date: April 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Liberia Rice Price Protest Turns Deadly – April 14, 1979Malta Labour Party Supporters Attack Times of Malta, Nationalist Sites,…
Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. Date: March 5, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 5 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This…
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 โ ๐ Other events on April 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Columbia Delivered to Kennedy Space Center…
Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. Date: July 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1979 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Idi Amin Deposed in Uganda April 11, 1979Phnom Penh Falls to Vietnamese Troops,…
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 1979FCC Allows Unlicensed Home Satellite Earth Stations – October 18, 1979Saint Vincent and…