Date: May 25, 1979
Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Date: January 7, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Soviet Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant Begins Operations in Finland…
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. Date: April 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Konstantinos Karamanlis Signs Greece’s EEC Accession Treaty, May 28, 1979Malta Labour Party Supporters Attack Times of Malta, Nationalist Sites,…
Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war. Date: March 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979SAETA Flight 011 Crashes in Ecuador, 57 Killed — April…
Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu. Date: October 26, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Smallpox Eradication Certified, First Human Disease Extinct December 9, 1979Olkiluoto…
ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime. Date: June 20, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅…