Date: June 20, 1979
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…
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. Date: April 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Idi Amin Deposed in Uganda April 11, 1979Philips Demonstrates Compact Disc Publicly for First Time, March…
SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. Date: June 18, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Sony Introduces Walkman July 1, 1979Blair Peach Fatally Injured at Southall Anti-Nazi League…
Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara. Date: December 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Date: July 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Conservative Party Wins UK…
A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. Date: June 3, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day…