Margaret Thatcher Becomes First Female UK Prime Minister May 4, 1979

John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976. Date: May 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. Date: June 9, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Pluto Enters Neptune’s Orbit for First Time, February 7, 1979Iran Becomes Islamic Republic, Overthrows…

Aeroflot Flight 1691 crashes on approach to Vnukovo International Airport, killing 58. Date: March 17, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwan Pro-Democracy Protests Suppressed, Organizers Arrested, December 10, 1979Pope John Paul…

An Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 10. Date: March 26, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Habib Elghanian Executed in Tehran, Iranian Jewish Exodus Begins…

Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising. Date: November 20, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November…