Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Date: November 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 28 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 crashes near Taif in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board. Date: November 26, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 26 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four. Date: November 21, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 21 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
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 β π Other events on November…
Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. Date: November 19, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 19 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to SemΔnΔtoarea in Bucharest, Romania. Date: November 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 16 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Date: November 15, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 15 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis. Date: November 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 14 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran. Date: November 12, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 12 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario. Date: November 10, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 10 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)