Date: May 25, 1979
SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984. Date: April 23, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwan Pro-Democracy…
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara. Date: September 29, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Pope John Paul II First Official Foreign Visits to The Bahamas, Dominican…
Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people. Date: March 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Philips Publicly Demonstrates Compact Disc for First Time, March 8, 1979Conservative Party…
The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania. Date: November 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Varig Boeing 707 Freighter Disappears Over Pacific…
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. Date: July 3, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Executed in…
An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. Date: February 13, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1979Iranian Revolution Establishes Islamic Theocracy Under Khomeini…