The Conservative Party wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female British Prime Minister. Date: May 3, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupts. Between 80 and 100 people are killed. Date: April 30, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Blair Peach, a British activist, is fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London. Date: April 23, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries. Date: April 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on…
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)
Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people. Date: April 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. Date: April 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. Date: April 1, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)