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…
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. Date: June 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. Date: June 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Downeast Airlines Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. Date: May 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. Date: May 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground. Date: May 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Date: May 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran. Date: May 9, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Date: May 4, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)